Incident date: 2016-05-24
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was removing the last bolt from the joint bar that holds the rail line in place when the rail abruptly shifted, hitting the employee and fracturing his left foot. He was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Rails-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate