Incident date: 2021-08-13
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was in the crow's nest of a charge deck operating an overhead crane to break foundry returns in a return pit. A section of gating exited the return pit and struck the employee's lower left leg, resulting in a compound fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate