Incident date: 2015-09-03
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing in a sewer ditch while guiding a 10-foot steel pipe into position when the device holding the pipe slipped due to the plastic cover. The pipe struck the employee on his right tibia, causing a fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate