Incident date: 2021-12-02
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was using a water excavation tool to drill a hole in level ground when the excavation pipe got caught on the lip of the hole being made. The pipe released from the lip and hit the employee, causing them to fall and suffer a broken arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ground, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate