Incident date: 2023-02-09
NAICS industry code: 811310

Two employees were cleaning the ducts on top of a pipe. The pipe gave way and the employees and the pipe fell 15 feet. The pipe landed on one employee's leg, resulting in a fracture in three places and hospitalization. The other employee was not injured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, unspecified
severity: moderate