Incident date: 2015-12-28
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was working from a semi-trailer repositioning a load of steel using an overhead crane. The employee lost his balance and accidently pushed the crane's handheld controls which in turn shifted the load of steel and pinched the injured employee's leg between the steel load and the trailer wall. His right leg was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate