Incident date: 2024-04-03
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee was cutting the banding off the end of a bundle of PVC pipe when a piece of the pipe fell, bounced, and struck them in the face. They sustained a broken nose and a concussion and were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate