Incident date: 2025-04-07
NAICS industry code: 423930

A material handler operator was moving recycling material. When the operator let go of the material, the grapple swung back in the other direction. A piece of pipe flew from the grapple, striking an employee on the back of her hard hat. The employee fell to the ground and lost consciousness. The employee sustained a right parietal scalp injury, frontal brain hemorrhage, and T1 and T3 spinous process fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate