Incident date: 2016-01-16
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was testing tractor brake air springs by holding the air springs under water and looking for leaks. An air spring exploded and the employee sustained facial fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate