Incident date: 2015-12-03
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was assisting a pit fitter. When a track hoe operator adjusted a pipe approximately 300 feet away, it caused the pipe to fall off the pipe stand and strike the employee just above the left ankle. The employee's ankle fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate