Incident date: 2022-04-06
NAICS industry code: 488210

A bundle of steel bar (6-4"x 20') slipped from the lift cables of a crane lift, striking two employees who were pinned again the rail car wall. One of the injured employees suffered a leg laceration that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate