Incident date: 2020-01-21
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was attempting to loosen a strap that was on a trailer loaded with PVC pipe.  As he began to loosen the fourth strap, a bundle of PVC pipes fell and struck him on the head, rendering him unconscious. He sustained multiple fractures to the cervical spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate