Incident date: 2024-10-22
NAICS industry code: 238120

Two employees were unloading a steel column from a flatbed tractor trailer. The two-point rigging configuration slipped on the load as it was being hoisted off the trailer. The two rigging points slid on the column and came together, causing one end of the column to strike the injured employee's arm. The employee was knocked down, and he landed on his side on the flatbed trailer. The end of the column then landed on his hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm and pelvis and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate