Incident date: 2016-04-11
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was lowering an irrigation pipe into a trench when the pipe slipped from its rigging. The employee's knee was caught between the falling pipe and a coupler screw, requiring surgery to remove shattered bones from the knee.

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: Knee(s)
severity: moderate