Incident date: 2021-04-02
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was setting a metal strip coil in a mill utilizing one of the racks. As the employee was pulling out the crane, the hook caught the last coil and pulled it out of the rack. When the coil tipped backward off the rack, it fell, pinning his right leg to the ground and crushing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate