Incident date: 2021-11-11
NAICS industry code: 327332

An employee was welding a metal strap on both sides of a 20-foot long pipe. There was a welding machine on each side of the pipe. The pipes were placed on a conveyor which moved the pipes toward the pre-stress wiring machine. While the employee was walking between the pipes, a pipe rolled backward off the conveyor and caught the employee between the pipes. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate