Incident date: 2020-05-22
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was tasked with welding a pipe. As he was getting a cutting torch from a toolbox on a buggy, he became caught between the side boom of a pipelayer and the buggy. He suffered internal bleeding and damage to his small intestine, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate