Incident date: 2024-12-08
NAICS industry code: 238290

A T-shaped stainless steel vacuum header was being rigged to forks using straps. After the pipe was lifted, an employee was moving to rotate the header when the strap slipped off the fork. The pipe fell onto the employee's right big toe and second toe, causing multiple fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate