Incident date: 2018-11-12
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was attempting to break up ice in a frozen water line when a fitting broke, causing the line to whip around and hit the employee's leg. The employee sustained leg fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate