Incident date: 2015-11-23
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was welding two sections of pipe on top of a skid platform. The skid platform (2 feet high) collapsed, and the pipe rolled onto the employee's lower leg, fracturing the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate