Incident date: 2017-03-07
NAICS industry code: 111421

An employee turned the water on and the PVC pipe burst striking him in the face and fracturing his jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate