Incident date: 2018-02-14
NAICS industry code: 334519

An employee was lifting a pipe approximately 36 inches long. The pipe slipped from the crane rigging, contacted the floor first and then contacted the employee's lower shin area of the right leg. The employee suffered a lower leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate