Incident date: 2018-06-06
NAICS industry code: 238120

Employees were raising a structural steel beam (L 27' x  W 24" x 104") when it fell striking the injured employee. They were lifting the beam using a beam clamp and a crane to orient it to slide in place to be bolted up. The injured employee's lower left leg was amputated. The employee also sustained serious injuries to the right leg, a bruised hand and a possible fractured cheekbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high