Incident date: 2016-03-09
NAICS industry code: 488330

An employee was guiding a metal grating, which was being lifted by an excavator bucket to its final location, when the rigging slipped from the excavator hook. The metal grating then fell, striking the employee in the left leg just below the knee. The impact fractured the employee's tibia and fibula, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Grates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate