Incident date: 2017-01-17
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was walking through the yard and stepped on a piece of plywood on which other materials were stacked. The plywood shifted and the stack of rebar fell and struck the employee's leg. The employee suffered a broken leg requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate