Incident date: 2019-02-05
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was putting pipe stoppers into a casing block and then onto a pipe rack when one of the casings came loose and rolled onto his right hand, smashing it and requiring hospitalization. The casing was 36 feet long and weighed 20 pounds per foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate