Incident date: 2018-11-30
NAICS industry code: 921190

Employees were setting a 700 lbs. I-Beam for bridge construction. The beam was lying on the ground in the roadway. As it was lifted into position to hoist, the beam tipped over onto the injured employee.  The employee sustained multiple broken bones in both lower legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate