Incident date: 2018-02-28
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was reinstalling an atomizer header pipe when the tack welds failed, causing the pipe to fall approximately 4.5 feet and strike the employee in the lower right leg, fracturing it above the right knee and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate