Incident date: 2021-09-28
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was checking to make sure a structural unit was cut all the way through in order to flip the unit. While the employee cleared the unit top, a piece of flat bar, approximately 5 feet long and weighing around 60 pounds, slid off the corner of the unit. The employee attempted to catch the bar and sustained a laceration to his right ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate