Incident date: 2019-06-11
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was hoisting a 5,000-pound steady rest with a 50-ton overhead shop crane. The load fell on his left leg, crushing it from the knee down. The leg was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high