Incident date: 2021-09-27
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was on top of a tanker trailer, trying to vent the truck for loading. When the employee released the camlock fitting, the cap blew off and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbit, and a laceration to the cheek.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate