Incident date: 2017-02-10
NAICS industry code: 237990

A pipefitting crew was installing wear pads on a 30-inch-diameter pipe. When they lifted the pipe with a chain fall, it fell approximately 1 to 2 feet and pinched an employee's right foot between the pipe and support, injuring his right small toe, fourth toe, and the distal portion of his foot. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple foot (feet) locations
severity: moderate