Incident date: 2016-07-29
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was preparing a bundle of rebar for transport when a banding wire broke and pinned the employee's arm between the bundle and a stack of rebar, causing a right arm fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate