Incident date: 2020-06-01
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee torch-cut an expansion joint around a piece of ductwork at a cage mill. After removal of the last piece of expansion joint, the top pipe chute came down and caught the employee's right arm between the top pipe chute and the bottom pipe chute. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the right arm, requiring hospitalization for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate