Incident date: 2020-10-20
NAICS industry code: 321113

A pack of re-run railroad ties were placed on a vertical re-saw roll case to be re-sawn. An employee was cutting the banding when the pack fell apart. The railroad ties pinned the employee's right leg against a guardrail and the leg was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate