Incident date: 2024-11-11
NAICS industry code: 486210

On November 11, 2024, an employee was offloading polyethylene pipe from a truck. The pipe was being moved along free-spinning rollers. The employee's pants got caught on a roller causing them to trip and fall onto a pipe. The employee sustained a puncture wound to their leg requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate