Incident date: 2023-05-08
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was welding a lift-arm fixture part that was 6 feet tall, 8 feet wide and weighed approximately 678 pounds. As the employee went to move the fixture from horizontal to vertical, the part fell out. The employee sustained an upper back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate