Incident date: 2017-08-14
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was installing the vertical section of an EMT conduit beside a bucket elevator when a 10-foot joint became uncoupled and fell 60 feet from above. It struck and fractured the employee's right femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate