Incident date: 2020-09-30
NAICS industry code: 332812

Employees were using an overhead crane to submerge metal I-beams and girders in a galvanizing dip tank. Other I-beams and girders were stacked on the shop floor waiting to be processed. The stack was bumped, causing three I-beams/girders (weighing about 4,000 pounds in total) to fall off and strike an employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with multiple leg fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high