Incident date: 2017-08-03
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was trying to remove a pin from the west end of a billet reject beam when the beam became loose and struck the employee on the left leg, fracturing the tibia and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate