Incident date: 2025-03-19
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was unbinding a load of guardrail. The employee went to release a levered binder and the binder struck him in the lower right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured tibia and fibula that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Strapping, bands
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate