Incident date: 2015-08-26
NAICS industry code: 332710

On August 26, 2015, an employee working on a metal tank was struck by a falling pipe assembly weighting approximately 700 lbs. after removing bolts from the top flanges. The employee suffered broken ribs and a possible fractured vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate