Incident date: 2018-04-27
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee was retrieving PVC pipes from storage for a customer. The PVC pipe bundles were stacked. When the employee cut the bands on a PVC pipe bundle near the bottom of the stack, the bundles shifted and collapsed on top of the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate