Incident date: 2025-04-24
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was installing a metal plug into a machine. He was using a wrench to turn the metal plug a quarter turn more when the round plug weighing approximately 2 pounds failed and blew off from pressure, striking the employee in the face. The employee sustained facial lacerations and a fractured jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate