Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 332996

A maintenance technician was removing a gasket that was hung up on a mandrel and stepped over a 18-inch PVC pipe that was being produced. When they planted their foot on the ground, they sustained a fractured left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Slip, trip, stumble or fall on same level  fall unspecified
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate