Incident date: 2015-09-04
NAICS industry code: 212313

An employee was holding a slab of quartz. He tried to separate two slabs when the momentum and weight fell back on him. He then tried to push them back and step out of the way of the falling quartz, but he fell and hit his head. He broke his leg and required head stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Stone, marble, granite slabs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate