Incident date: 2018-08-22
NAICS industry code: 423610

An employee was cutting a banding on a bundle of pipes when the bundle rolled toward him and knocked him down, pinning his right leg beneath the pipes. He suffered a sprain to his lower right leg and ankle, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Sprains
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate