Incident date: 2016-04-19
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was guiding an 8" PVC water pipe that was attached by a synthetic sling to the bucket of an excavator. The pipe was being set in place when the sling slipped from the pipe. The pipe rolled on the ground and struck the employee in the leg, fracturing the employee's upper thigh bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate