Incident date: 2018-11-19
NAICS industry code: 238120

Two workers were separating a bundle of 2-3 angle iron bar joists. The injured employee was using a pry bar on the ground and was the "hook-on" man. He was separating the angle iron (30-feet length x 2ft. high) when a loose iron bar joist fell onto the employee's left leg crushing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Angle irons
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate