Incident date: 2024-04-17
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee stepped off a truss table onto the outfeed rollers when the truss slid down the rollers and onto the employee's right leg. The truss measured 20 feet long and weighed approximately 150 pounds. The employee sustained a broken tibia and fibula that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams, rods, blocks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate