Incident date: 2021-07-01
NAICS industry code: 488320

A load of cargo from a vessel was being landed on the dock. The injured employee walked towards the load in order to unhook the rigging, when one of the 4-ton round steel bars rolled and came to rest on his left foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate