Incident date: 2016-03-18
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee and his coworker were holding a 3-feet-long pipe that was 4 inches in diameter and approximately 30 pounds to move it inside a ship. As they set the pipe inside the boat, the employee felt a pull in his groin. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate