Incident date: 2021-10-04
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was unloading steel I-beams from a drill machine using an overhead crane when a stack of seven I-beams tipped over onto the employee, resulting in two broken legs below the knee that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate