Incident date: 2017-09-28
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was opening a pipe cap on a pneumatic trailer to unload plastic pellets when the pipe cap and plastic pellets released under pressure and struck him. He suffered contusions and lacerations to the chest, arms, and legs.

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