Incident date: 2015-08-11
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was struck in the shoulder by a falling piece of rebar breaking the collarbone. The rebar was ~42 feet long and weighed ~108 pounds. The rebar was being manually placed in a storage rack when it slipped and struck the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate