Incident date: 2019-11-03
NAICS industry code: 332996

The injured employee was steadying an 8-inch pipe that was positioned on a pipe stand so that another employee could grind a tack weld on the pipe. The pipe slipped off the stand and crushed the injured employee's left arm against the stand. The injured employee sustained a broken ulna and radius and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate