Incident date: 2019-02-20
NAICS industry code: 811310

Employees were performing a drill pipe inspection using an x-ray/ultrasonic test. A forklift was picking up pipes; its boom pressed down on two joints of pipe, and when the pipes were raised they jumped off the pipe rack, striking and breaking an employee's left tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate