Incident date: 2018-03-29
NAICS industry code: 237120

Employees were repairing a cooling unit on a new oil tank battery when a piping union failed and struck the injured employee, who suffered an amputation of the right leg below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipe fittings, collars
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high