Incident date: 2024-04-10
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was attempting to stand up adjacent to a rack of rebar and pulled a portable rack of rebar weighing approximately 500 lbs. onto his leg, resulting in a broken femur that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object tipping over
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving, racks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate