Incident date: 2024-07-31
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was crouched down while checking wires in a receptacle box. He tried to turn to his right and his left knee struck the first sheet of tile in a stack of 15-20 sheets of 4' x 8' stone tile that was leaned against the wall. Most of the stack then fell onto the employee's legs. The employee's right fibula and tibia were fractured and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Plates, slabs  concrete and stone
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate