Incident date: 2020-06-09
NAICS industry code: 332312

Two employees were in a fabrication shop, working on opposite ends of a 30x150 steel beam. One of them reached out to push/stop the beam as he was trying to move out of its path, but the bottom flange caught his left foot, causing a laceration and broken bones. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate