Incident date: 2022-12-13
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was helping a co-worker get a pipe bend loaded onto a forklift. He stepped in to attach a strap for stability and when the load was lifted with a crane, the bent pipe swung and struck the employee. He sustained skull fractures, a brain injury, and brain hemorrhaging.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate