Incident date: 2023-09-16
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was helping to move a bundle of rebar. A strap on the rebar broke and the bundle struck the employee. They sustained bilateral pneumothorax, and fractures to the cervical spine, left rib, and left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate