Incident date: 2016-02-04
NAICS industry code: 336999

An employee suffered a fracture to their left arm when it was struck by a falling draft gear weighing approximately 250-300 lbs.  The employee was using wooden blocks to stabilized the piece in preparation for welding operations when the piece fell off the wooden blocks and struck the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Gears
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate