Incident date: 2021-10-11
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was standing beside a stack of steel beams that had been lifted with an overhead crane. After trying to move the chain with the hook away from under the stack, the employee raised the crane. The chain hooked back onto the beams, causing them to fall onto the employee and to fracture both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate