Incident date: 2017-11-19
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was welding on a 1,000-pound steel beam when a bolt on the turnbuckle support loosed and the steel beam tilted, striking the employee. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate