Incident date: 2025-03-15
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was working on a bonnet channel. The employee used a plasma cutter to cut the round seam where the head and channel meet. He then hooked a crane to the lifting lug on the head and cut the pass plate from the head. The head of the channel came loose and was caught by the lifting lug. However, the pass plate fell on the employee's legs. The employee's legs were crushed below the shin and there were fractures to both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate