Incident date: 2019-10-22
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was splicing piles when the upper pile, which was suspended by a crane, broke free, swung, and struck the employee in the back, resulting in broken vertebrae tips and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Building materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate