Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was inflating a balloon plug when the balloon burst and the employee was thrown 10 feet from a concrete structure to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the ribs, and cervical and lumbar vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate