Incident date: 2015-06-17
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was observing a company called Alpha Omega in the process of using a Hydro-Vac Machine when a coupling came apart causing a piece of metal pipe to strike the employee on the right side of his face causing a laceration and then striking his right hand causing it to fracture.

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