Incident date: 2022-03-11
NAICS industry code: 238110

An I-beam rafter structure had been assembled on the ground and was standing on its edge, about to be lifted. An employee was tightening a bolt on the structure with a torque wrench when the structure fell onto the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate