Incident date: 2025-07-28
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was moving a stack of I-beams using a 12.5-ton overhead crane. The chains were not yet secured around the I-beams when the crane began lifting. The stack of beams fell onto the employee and pinned them against another stack of I-beams. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left leg, broken left ankle, and dislocated right shoulder. The employee's injuries required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Variable restraint containers  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate