Incident date: 2019-01-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was operating a forklift and staging 10" pipe on a concrete parking lot. The first joint of pipe was set down and the second joint was being retrieved when the first joint began to roll. The employee secured the forklift and went to stop the pipe from rolling, but was struck by the rolling pipe on the back of his leg. The employee fell and the pipe rolled up his leg. The employee suffered a broken foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate