Incident date: 2024-02-06
NAICS industry code: 332111

Two employees were making alterations to a steel plate (80 by 100 inches, weighing about 1,000 pounds) that sat over the top of a circulating pump. They had lifted the plate with a magnet, slid it slightly off the edge of the pump's surface, and then used a torch to cut pieces of steel off. When the magnet was released, the plate came down on an employee's right foot and fractured it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate