Incident date: 2025-04-16
NAICS industry code: 238120

The injured employee was helping another employee put a clamp on an I-beam that was attached to a crane. When the crane began to lift the load, the I-beam tipped to the left and caught the injured employee's left leg against another I-beam. The employee was hospitalized with crush injuries to his left tibia and fibula and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate