Incident date: 2022-02-23
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was using a hand torch to cut a steel ingot. The ingot cracked into four pieces, one of which flew off the table and into the employee's foot, pinning it to the ground. The employee suffered a broken heel, a broken fibula, and dislocated toes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate