Incident date: 2022-02-19
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was performing maintenance on aircraft landing gear when a piston from the landing gear strut released and struck the employee in the chest, resulting in a puncture injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate