Incident date: 2022-09-20
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was working from a scissor lift, using an impact drill to remove the couplings from around the cap of a sprinkler main. When the cap was removed, pressure caused it to strike the employee in the chest. The employee suffered a broken sternum, broken ribs, a heart contusion, and a facial abrasion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Container caps, lids, covers
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate