Incident date: 2019-03-26
NAICS industry code: 237310

The injured employee was standing next to a metal beam to connect it to a wooden beam. An excavator bucket hit the 2,000-pound metal beam, which in turn knocked the injured employee to the ground. The beam then landed on the employee's right hip/thigh, injuring it. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate