Incident date: 2017-10-06
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was using two hydraulic jacks on each side of a 36-inch pipe to create a drainage beneath the highway. The unit was under pressure when a 3-inch fragment of the jack separated and penetrated the employee's hard hat, fracturing the skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate