Incident date: 2025-02-05
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was testing a sewage pipe that was 9 feet above ground level when the pipe became over-pressured, causing the test ball to be ejected. The ball struck a portable ladder, which then fell and struck the injured employee's hard hat. The employee fell backward into the eye hook of a metal crate that was 3' x 4' x 2.5' high. He was hospitalized with a fractured sacrum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  sacral region
severity: moderate