Incident date: 2020-07-14
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee had been rigging long-span steel joists for hoisting when several joists that were leaning against a wall fell, striking the employee's foot. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate