Incident date: 2017-06-19
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was lowering a 3-inch pipe used as a guiderail for a lift pump when the crane cable broke below the cable clamp and above the cable eye. The pipe became unsecured and fell on the employee, lacerating the upper arm.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate