Incident date: 2022-12-14
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was welding steel pieces that are approximately 120 inches in length, 90 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. An overhead crane was moving a part when the part fell and struck the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the femur and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate