Incident date: 2023-08-29
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was retrieving a 10-foot PVC pipe in the bullpen where material is stored. The employee cut one of the straps securing PVC pipes on a pallet at the bottom of a stack of pallets. Other pallets that were stacked on top then fell on the employee. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate