Incident date: 2019-05-20
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was helping to unload a steel pipe (10"x40' / 2850 lbs.) from a truck. The pipe was lowered onto 4x4s when it rolled forward, jumped the chock, and rolled over the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right leg, three cracked ribs, and a broken collarbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate