Incident date: 2018-11-05
NAICS industry code: 237310

On November 5, 2018, an employee was placing scrap metal onto a trailer when the load began to shift and the employee dismounted from the trailer. A few pieces of steel slid from the trailer and onto the employee's right leg, fracturing the tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate