Incident date: 2025-05-08
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was lifting 4,300-pound sheets of metal using an overhead crane. The sheets being lifted slid away from the employee and fell onto a metal table, which then pushed the employee into a stack of metal sheets. The employee was pinned between the table and the stack, fracturing both legs below the knees. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate