Incident date: 2019-08-02
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was using a crane with a hand-held pendant to turn over a piece of railroad rail (up to 80 feet long, weighing up to 2,000 pounds) on a work table. The rail rolled toward him and broke his left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Rails-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate