Incident date: 2025-04-23
NAICS industry code: 423330

An employee delivered roofing materials to a residential job site. While cutting open a pallet of rolls at the jobsite, a roll of valley metal fell and struck the employee's left shin just above the ankle, resulting in a severe cut and a lacerated tendon. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate