Incident date: 2021-10-05
NAICS industry code: 335210

An employee was cutting a wire rope on a plastic bale. The bale uncompressed and fell over onto the employee's left leg and ankle. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a left ankle dislocation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate