Incident date: 2022-03-10
NAICS industry code: 238390

Two employees were cutting a steel beam with an electric saw. The support of the beam broke and the employees fell, along with the steel beam structure, 15 feet to the floor. The employees were hospitalized. Employee 1 suffered a skull fracture and Employee 2 suffered other injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Girders, beams, structural steel
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: low