Incident date: 2018-11-15
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was unloading a large flat metal sheet roll (6 feet width) off a trailer. Each roll weighs about 8,000 lbs. The roll was not secured and rolled off the trailer, crushing the employee's lower left leg and resulting in an amputation below the calf muscle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high