Incident date: 2018-08-23
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was lowering a concrete pipe (weighing approximately 2,000 lbs.) into a trench when the pipe struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and ruptured bladder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate