Incident date: 2021-10-27
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was working on a handrail system between a short concrete wall and a stack of steel blooms consisting of 8-inch square sections of steel that were 30 feet long and stacked 4 feet high. The blooms shifted and pinned the employee against the wall, resulting in a broken right leg and right knee along with bruising on the left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate