Incident date: 2017-02-24
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was using a MIG welder to make a permanent weld on the cap of a large cylinder (weighing 2,700 pounds) that was rotating slowly. The large cylinder then tipped and fell onto the employee, injuring his pelvis and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate