Incident date: 2024-12-17
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was welding on a structural support beam. An adjacent beam was being prepped for work and was situated upright against two floor-mounted saw horses. The adjacent beam fell and struck the employee, resulting in five broken vertebrae, including the L1 and L2 vertebrae; broken ribs; a brain contusion; and a laceration to the back of head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate