Incident date: 2023-09-28
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was using an acetylene torch to cut through a 36-inch steel air compressor pipe for the removal of a compressor from the jobsite. After the employee cut the top and sides of the pipe, it buckled and pinned his leg against the floor/wall of the area below. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate