Incident date: 2018-09-26
NAICS industry code: 238910

A 3-foot-diameter concrete pipe was being lifted by an excavator while a well point was removed. The load swung over and pinned an employee against a 42-inch iron pipe, causing hairline fractures to his left hip. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Excavating machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate