Incident date: 2018-09-18
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was assembling truck wheels for tank cars. When he cut the banding straps from side frame parts, the side frames fell on and struck his leg below the knee, fracturing his shin. He was hospitalized.

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