Incident date: 2018-11-26
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using an overhead crane to stack steel angles when the sling loosened and the stack of angles tipped over toward him. The stack struck the bottom of his left leg, breaking a bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate