Incident date: 2019-01-15
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was using a loader to place a 4.5-inch casing onto a pipe rack. The employee noticed the casing was rolling off of the pipe rack and exited the loader to stop it. The casing rolled onto the employee's left arm, pinning and breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate