Incident date: 2017-02-08
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was installing a handrail system in a newly constructed railcar unloading facility. A railway machine that was slowly moving through the area contacted some construction material, causing it to pivot and pin the employee's leg between the material and the edge of the concrete slab. The employee suffered a leg laceration and fractures, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Building materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate