Incident date: 2025-01-29
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was getting ready to tack weld a bearing plate into place when the bearing plate slipped out of the vise grip clamp and landed on their left foot between the steel toe cap and the metatarsal guard. The employee sustained two fractured toes and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate