Incident date: 2019-07-20
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was loading angle iron onto a trough which was attached to an overhead crane. The trough became disconnected from the overhead crane and it fell along with the angle iron, striking the employee. She sustained fractures to the tibia, six ribs, and multiple vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Angle irons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate