Incident date: 2019-01-16
NAICS industry code: 333111

On January 16, 2019, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee was cleaning a storm drain when the J-hook attachment used to pick up and move the storm drain became disengaged from the grate and the 300-pound iron storm grate dropped on his left foot. He was hospitalized with fractures to his three smallest toes and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate