Incident date: 2025-07-11
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting 2-inch tubing off a fence panel at a job site. To access the opposite side for continued work, they used the forks of a front loader to flip the panel over. During this maneuver, the tubing pipe became dislodged from the panel. Upon hitting the ground, the pipe rebounded toward the employee, who was standing approximately 15 feet away. The dislodged pipe struck the employee's face, resulting in fractures to their nose and cheek bone, a dislocated jaw, and an injury to their left eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
code_body: title: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
severity: moderate