Incident date: 2024-11-13
NAICS industry code: 327991

An employee was operating a suction lift to pick up a quartz slab weighing approximately 800 lbs. While lifting the slab off of the A-frame, it got stuck to the slab behind it, causing that slab to fall forward onto the employee and fracture their left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Plates, slabs  concrete and stone
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate