Incident date: 2025-01-10
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was cutting and removing metal bands around steel pipe. A band struck the employee's right leg as it popped, breaking the tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Strapping, bands
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate