Incident date: 2021-10-04
NAICS industry code: 321219

An employee was moving a piece of round steel bar stock when he dropped it on his leg, resulting in fractures to his tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate