Incident date: 2025-07-03
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was changing batteries in a drill while a pressure test was being conducted on a pipe. The pipe flung loose under the pressure and struck the employee on the left side of their face. The employee sustained a fracture to the frontal bone above the eye, bruising, swelling, and bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate