Incident date: 2021-06-03
NAICS industry code: 423830

Employees were disassembling a flange test adapter on equipment after it had undergone  hydrostatic pressure testing. The injured employee was loosening the bolts holding the test flange to the equipment when pressurized water (22,000 psi) escaped and struck his upper legs, causing severe lacerations to both thighs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, unspecified
severity: moderate