Incident date: 2020-06-11
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was conducting an emissions test of a nitrogen vaporizer unit inside an instrument test trailer when a pipe explosion occurred outside. Pieces of the steel pipe scattered in all directions, including toward the trailer. As a result, the employee suffered a fractured right radius bone, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate