Incident date: 2021-05-18
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was connecting a wire rope choker to a section of 36-inch concrete sewer pipe. After connecting the choker, a backhoe lifted the section of pipe. As the pipe section was being lifted it began to spin and struck the employee pinning his right leg against a section of stationary pipe. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate