Incident date: 2019-10-17
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was rigging a steel beam with an overhead crane when the overhead crane was impacted by a second overhead crane on the same rail. The steel beam shifted and impacted the employee, who suffered a broken left leg and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate