Incident date: 2021-10-21
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was assisting a co-worker with repositioning PVC piping that was 13 feet long and weighed approximately 200 pounds. As the employee repositioned their end of the pipe, they slipped on the gate structure they were working on and fell resulting in a broken right tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate