Incident date: 2018-04-06
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was unloading pipes off the back of a truck. As the employee removed a section of pipe, the 2 x 3 wood spacer that was in place between the pipes came loose and struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate