Incident date: 2017-02-09
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was inside a trench box waiting on pipe to be lowered when a piece of PVC pipe fell from above and struck the employee's leg above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate