Incident date: 2019-12-27
NAICS industry code: 221210

An employee was checking the fit of a pipe wrench on a rotating shaft when the pipe wrench became caught on the pipe and rotated, striking the employee. The employee then fell approximately 5 to 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with vertebral and head injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate