Incident date: 2023-12-13
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee removed a safety valve on a trailer that unknowingly contained nitrogen gas. The gas released from the trailer and pushed the employee backward off a scaffold approximately 10 feet before they struck a garage door, resulting in a pelvic injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nitrogen
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate