Incident date: 2023-10-24
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was operating a pneumatic carousel to create steel tubing bundles. A snatch block controlling the tension of a rope holding the bundles together snapped, causing the steel tubes to fall and strike the employee in the lower right knee. The employee sustained a right tibial plateau fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate