Incident date: 2019-11-02
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was working a pipeline tie-in operation, aligning a pipeline section with an existing pipeline. The nylon sling attached to the track hoe that was holding the pipeline section had too much slack, and the pipeline fell about 2 feet (while still in the sling) and struck the employee. The employee suffered a hairline hip fracture.

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: Hip(s)
severity: moderate