Incident date: 2022-03-02
NAICS industry code: 238910

On March 2, 2022, at approximately 1:43 p.m., three employees were attempting to lower a 42 inch (in diameter) concrete pipe into an approximately 4 foot deep trench located along a city street. The crew had lifted the concrete sewer pipe by placing an eye of a 1/2 inch diameter rope sling through an approximately 2 inch lifting hole located in the center of the 42" concrete pipe, and placing a 1 1/2 inch bar through the eye of the sling (inside the pipe). The 1/2 wire rope sling was approximately 5 feet in length. The wire rope sling broke below the eye that was placed through the pipe, causing the pipe to fall on the injured employee and fracture both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate