Incident date: 2017-08-25
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was using a push bar to move a 260-pound piece of scrap from a 42-inch high table into a scrap bin. The push bar hit another piece of scrap, and the scrap piece rolled off the table and hit his right ankle, fracturing his distal fibula and medial malleolus.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate