Incident date: 2018-05-24
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was struck in the back by a piece of a stainless steel organic solvent container that became over-pressurized and burst, suffering back lacerations. The container had at least 200 pounds of pressure and was full of liquid nitrogen at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate