Incident date: 2016-07-27
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was cutting on a damaged tank when the tank buckled and caused the employee to fall 16 inches face-first onto the concrete surface. The employee suffered a fractured orbital socket, broken jaw, and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate