Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was removing a valve cap on a compressor at a compressor station. Trapped pressure caused the cap to fly off and strike the employee on the right side of his face. Glass from his safety glasses was embedded in his right eye, necessitating surgery to remove the eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: high