Incident date: 2022-01-25
NAICS industry code: 541614

An employee was standing by as a customer loaded a truck. The banding on a bundle broke, causing 3,000 pounds of steel pipes to fall toward the employee. The employee suffered a broken leg and foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate