Incident date: 2021-02-27
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was utilizing a crane to stack steel when the chain hit a piece of wood on the stack next to it. The steel being transported fell off the crane striking the employee and causing crushing injuries to their lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate