Incident date: 2024-05-17
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee lowered the boom on the pump truck and was positioning the tip where it was needed. A weld on the boom broke causing a lower section to become unpinned and strike the employee's ankle resulting in a fractured ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Exterior vehicle and machine parts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate