Incident date: 2018-10-04
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was helping lift a 10-foot ductile iron pipe section into a trench box. The pipe came loose from the clamp, bounced sideways, and struck the employee, causing tooth loss and soft tissue injury to an arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate