Incident date: 2019-05-06
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was removing a three-inch diaphragm pump from a storage room in the accumulator house. After placing the diaphragm pump onto the ground outside the storage room, he tripped on a board protruding out from under the right side of the accumulator house and fell to the ground knocking the pump onto his right calf muscle and crushing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pumps
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate