Incident date: 2023-05-19
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was working on top of a rebar mat that was about 4 feet off the ground. As he walked across the mat, he stepped into a gap and his lower leg was caught in the rebar. His right leg twisted, and he suffered fractures to the tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Trip from stepping into a hole without fall
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate