Incident date: 2022-07-28
NAICS industry code: 562998

An employee was removing slag from a boiler. A falling piece of slag struck the employee, who suffered fractured vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate