Incident date: 2020-06-17
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was in the process of cutting a coil of steel when the coil sprung open, catching his left leg and pinning it to the ground. He sustained a severe injury to his left ankle and was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate