Incident date: 2018-09-17
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was placing a wooden spacer between slit steel coils (weighing approximately 600 pounds) to transport them by crane when a coil shifted and fell on the employee's legs, crushing them.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate