Incident date: 2016-10-12
NAICS industry code: 237120

On October 12, 2016, at 3:10 p.m., two employees were setting up to cut the main 8" gas pipe to install a new pipeline when the pipe coupling failed and the pipe exploded. Debris struck the employees, who suffered facial lacerations and fractures. Both employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Pressure lines, except hoses
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: low