Incident date: 2021-09-29
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was adding refrigerant to an HVAC unit when the compressed gas container failed. The employee sustained a lacerated and broken thumb and a facial fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate