Incident date: 2024-05-28
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was standing on a concave piece of scrap (15 feet long x 8 feet wide x 1 inch thick) he was processing. A second piece of scrap was being moved by scrap handling equipment. The second piece contacted the first piece, causing it to rock. The employee fell, landing on his back. The employee was hospitalized with five broken ribs on the left side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate