Incident date: 2019-06-07
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing in an excavation when a capped, abandoned-in-place, 12" cast iron water line became pressurized and pushed out of the ground, striking and pinning the employee's leg against the cut end of another pipe. The employee's leg was severely crushed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate