Incident date: 2019-03-21
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was manually pushing two sections of 3-inch pipe on two jack stands with wheels. One of the wheels on the stand struck a welders line (cable) and the jack stand stopped quickly and fell over. The pipe fell off the stand and struck the employee's left leg fracturing it.

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