Incident date: 2018-11-21
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was cutting the bands on a stack of 38-foot railroad ties. When the last band was cut, the ties fell onto the employee's leg and ankle, resulting in a fractured left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate