Incident date: 2022-12-12
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were in an excavation installing a 36-inch pipe inside of a 7-foot diameter circular structure. The pipe was suspended by a weight bearing cable attached to a trackhoe. As the pipe was guided in, it was not setting properly and was removed. The pipe became dislodged from the structure and swung backward, striking the injured employee in the chest. The employee was hospitalized for a chest laceration and tingling in the arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate