Incident date: 2018-05-31
NAICS industry code: 312120

An employee changed the regulator on an oxygen cylinder from an empty bottle to full. When the employee opened the gate valve to supply the oxygen, an ignition occurred and the gate valve ejected from the bottle, striking the employee. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the right hand and a contusion to the sternum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate