Incident date: 2022-09-26
NAICS industry code: 332812

A crane operator was removing lifting clamps from a steel girder. As the operator was raising the hoist to remove the clamps, the girder titled and fell pinning him between the girder he was removing the clamps from and a girder behind him. Both of his femurs were broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate