Incident date: 2017-05-24
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee was in the basket of a lift removing lengths of pipe when the pipe loosened and fell unexpectedly, striking his forearm. He was hospitalized and had forearm surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate