Incident date: 2025-08-01
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was cleaning a rotor plate in the sound room. A ventilation pipe was pushed through an opening in a wall while equipment was being reassembled after cleaning. The employee was struck by the falling pipe (14 inches long, 10-inch diameter) and sustained a severe laceration to the right hand, a fractured finger, and a lacerated tendon. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate