Incident date: 2023-04-12
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was setting up their workstation and aligning parts to be shotblasted. While the employee was moving a hose, a 12-by-8-inch pipe fitting became unstable and fell, striking the employee's leg above the knee. The employee was sitting in a chair and they sustained a femur fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipe fittings, collars
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate