Incident date: 2017-12-12
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was helping to remove an abandoned 20-foot section of 10" pipe from a trench. When the pipe was free from the trench, it swung around and hit the employee's lower leg, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate