Incident date: 2020-02-07
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was working in a plant's coating area where pipes came down a rack. A 24-inch pipe rolled down the rack and did not stop at the bumper, rolling over the employee's entire body but stopping before reaching the head. The employee suffered a broken right leg and was hospitalized.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate