Incident date: 2024-01-29
NAICS industry code: 326122

A machine used to form PVC pipe began to jam up; the formed pipe began to bow. An employee cut the pipe, and a piece of it flew into another employee. That employee suffered a fractured left eye orbit, fractures to facial bones on the left side, and three fractured left-side ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate