Incident date: 2023-09-06
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee had been measuring a head gate. The slide gate was being hoisted out of an aeriation basin box when the edge of the slide gate caught on the metal grating at the top of the box. The grating became dislodged and fell, contacting the lower right leg of the employee. The fibula and tibia were fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Grates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate