Incident date: 2019-03-29
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was cutting welding wire from a welding machine's welding head when he was struck from behind by the welding machine boom and knocked into a steel pipe that was being loaded onto the welding rack. He suffered a ruptured intestine and torn ligament in the right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate