Incident date: 2021-08-13
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was removing protective ropes from pipes when they were struck by a semi-truck that was backing up. The employee's left leg became crushed between the beveled end of a pipe and the semi-truck's rear bumper, resulting in a broken left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate