Incident date: 2017-10-24
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was helping a heavy equipment operator move a joint of pipe by holding a tag line. As he was walking with the pipe, he stepped on a rock and lost his balance, falling onto and breaking his right leg. He had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate