Incident date: 2022-02-23
NAICS industry code: 336412

An employee was doing maintenance on an accumulator that maintained pressure for a power steering unit. As the employee loosened a valve, pressurized nitrogen gas was released from a fitting into his left hand. He suffered a 1-inch laceration to the hand and thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nitrogen
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate