Incident date: 2018-10-19
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was cutting an 8-foot-long vertical section of an 18-inch-diameter pipe with an oxygen and propane torch when the pipe twisted and fell on his foot after the final cut. His right foot was de-gloved, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate