Incident date: 2018-08-23
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was preparing two 12-inch by 40-foot pieces of channel iron to be marked and drilled. The two pieces were on work stands; while the employee was moving them closer together, they fell over, bounced off the stands, and struck the employee's lower left leg. He suffered a fracture to the leg, just above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate