Incident date: 2022-11-17
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee was preparing to weld a steel beam that was on work horses in front of him. The employee used a wireless control to retract the sling of a crane back to the safe position. The sling snagged an angle iron that was attached to the beam, causing the beam to topple over and push the employee backward into a stack of steel. He then fell to the floor and the beam landed on his lower right leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula, and a laceration to the back of the head.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate