Incident date: 2024-01-12
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was and co-worker were installing a pipe bracket in a shipboard tank. The pipe measured 1 1/2 feet, and the employee was on a ladder for the installation. As they removed the bracket, the pipe shifted and struck the employee, causing them to fall from the ladder to the tank floor. The employee suffered a fractured right femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate