Incident date: 2025-06-24
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was removing burning material from a machine. While being used to extinguish a fire, the diffuser/horn of a fire extinguisher disconnected from the hose and the hose struck the employee's neck, back, side, and shoulder. The employee sustained a closed fracture of thyroid cartilage and a vertebral artery occlusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
code_body: title: External and internal neck locations
severity: moderate