Incident date: 2025-03-20
NAICS industry code: 484121

On March 20, 2025, a truck driver was opening the back swing door of a 30-yard roll-off container, which was still on their truck. A metal pipe (4"-6" diameter) slid off the truck as the door was opened and struck the employee in the right lower leg. The employee suffered a degloving injury to the leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate