Incident date: 2015-03-10
NAICS industry code: 237120

On March 10, 2015, at approximately 1:40 p.m., an employee was using a tag line to guide pipe being moved by a trackhoe operator. As the pipe was turned near the well pad, the employee tripped and fell on the blind side of the trackhoe. The trackhoe ran over the employee's left leg, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high