Incident date: 2015-11-04
NAICS industry code: 333992

An employee was using a hoist to move a steel beam. The employee pushed the wrong bottom and the beam fell over onto the employee. The employee suffered a displaced fracture on his right toe and had to have surgery to insert a pin and plate.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate