Incident date: 2022-11-22
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was removing a manifold and de-valving a tube trailer. Upon removing the second tube valve, the valve ejected due to internal pressure in the tube and the employee was struck by either the valve or the pressure being released, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained lacerations to the shin and above the eye as well as a shoulder contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate