Incident date: 2016-11-08
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was cutting a steel I-beam using an oxygen/acetylene torch. When he cut all the way through the beam, it fell on and broke his right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate