Incident date: 2019-12-26
NAICS industry code: 333120

On December 26, 2019, an employee was using an air-powered grinder to remove slag from an 875-pound steel part, suspended over a wooden pallet with a permanent lifting magnet. The part slid off the magnet from 40 inches above the floor and struck the employee, causing fractures to the employee's left-side pelvis region. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate