Incident date: 2022-05-23
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was rigging a steel bar with double leg sling chains. The hoist was raised while he was holding one chain leg by hand, and the chain leg on the floor caught under the roller table the bar was resting on. The chain pushed the bar off the rollers, and it broke the employee's ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate