Incident date: 2024-05-06
NAICS industry code: 325180

An employee was unloading a tanker trailer when he heard an audible leak from the nitrogen valve and shut it off. When he stepped onto the trailer to investigate, the wash cap (three inches wide) popped off and hit him in the face. He sustained fractures to his nose and orbital bone, an open skull fracture, and lacerations to his face.

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: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate