Incident date: 2023-03-15
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was torch welding overhead steel and pulled it to break the cut when the material shifted, causing multiple steel objects to fall on him. He sustained two vertebrae fractures and a scapula fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate