Incident date: 2020-07-16
NAICS industry code: 221310

An employee was helping to install steel piping for a water well. A well digging machine was holding the pipe vertically and moving it into position when the pipe came out of the holder and fell on the employee's left foot. Several toes were crushed and had to be amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high