Incident date: 2024-06-19
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was utilizing a chain fall to move a piece of pipe. The connection to the beam failed causing the pipe to fall and contact the employee's right leg just above the ankle. The employee sustained a fracture and dislocation to the tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate