Incident date: 2017-09-19
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was getting pipe and weld data off a pipe that was being cut after hydrotesting when the pipe fell on the employee's legs, breaking two bones above the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate