Incident date: 2021-10-05
NAICS industry code: 561790

An employee was on the ground, guiding a 20-foot-long, 6-inch pipe into a well casing. As the pipe was lowered (by a crane, using a nylon sling), it slipped, hitting the ground and the mud jack and eventually striking the employee. He was knocked into a nearby truck and suffered a broken arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate