Incident date: 2020-05-19
NAICS industry code: 238990

On May 19, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was guiding a commercial sign into position when the sign dropped from the rigging used by a boom truck crane to raise and position the sign. The sign struck his left foot, breaking multiple bones and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Blackboards, bulletin boards, mirrors, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate