Incident date: 2018-04-19
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employees were cutting steel pipe into sections. A backhoe bucket was holding pipe about two feet above ground level. Employees had cut pipe on the west side and walked to the east side to cut sections. When the crew arrived on the east side, the backhoe lifted the pipe an additional two feet in preparation to start jarring the pipe to complete the cut on the west side. As the backhoe was lifting the pipe, the pipe on the west side broke completely causing the pipe on the east side to swing north hitting an employee and causing him to fall. The pipe landed on the employee's left knee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left knee that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate