Incident date: 2017-11-03
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was in a manhole, getting ready to set a pipe. As the pipe was being lowered into the manhole, it slipped from its chain and struck the employee. The employee suffered a head concussion, broken hip, and broken elbow, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate