Incident date: 2019-03-12
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was pushing a 3-foot ductile steel pipe into an excavator bucket and felt a pop in his lower back. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate