Incident date: 2019-11-13
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was using a trackhoe to move a water line in a trench using the bucket and a strap. The strap slipped and the pipe struck the employee, knocking the employee into the trench. The employee suffered two broken legs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate