Incident date: 2016-04-13
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was unstrapping steel cross beams so material handlers could deliver the material into the facility. While unstrapping the cross beams, the load shifted and dropped onto the employee. The employee suffered facial, skull, and lumbar fractures, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate