Incident date: 2017-05-11
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was in a ditch assisting with setting a water pipe. A pipe attached to machinery with a chain struck the employee's leg when the equipment was moved. The employee suffered a fracture under the knee cap that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate