Incident date: 2023-09-29
NAICS industry code: 237110

Employees were at the edge of an excavation at a construction site waiting for the excavator to remove a stuck pipe. As the pipe released from the excavation, it ricocheted off the trench box and struck the injured employee's face. The employee sustained facial injuries to the nose, jaw, and chin that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate