Incident date: 2017-10-09
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was kneeling on the ground putting bolts on a rafter while a second metal rafter was leaning on a secured larger rafter section. A gust of wind blew the leaning metal rafter onto the employee, pinning him between the rafter on the ground and the rafter that fell on top of him. He suffered a facial laceration, broken foot, and broken cheek bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate