Incident date: 2023-01-17
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was performing stripping operations and was stripping the plywood frame off a beam using a crowbar and a hammer. The 21-foot aluminum beam fell onto him, hitting his hard hat and causing an injury to the left side of his neck. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate