Incident date: 2024-05-14
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was signaling a forklift operator as a 20-foot-long, 4-inch-thick section of steel pipe was lowered. The pipe came loose and fell striking the employee's head and shoulder. The employee sustained a head laceration and fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate