Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unstrapping the banding on a pallet of steel joists at a delivery site when a piece of steel joist fell onto the employee. He sustained a fracture of the spine, broken ribs, and a dislocated left hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Other structural elements, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate