Incident date: 2018-11-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

On 11/29/2018, at approximately 9:30 AM CST, an employee was conducting a pressure test of a plug valve manifold when a sudden drop in pressure occurred. He was going around the blast wall to determine the cause of the leak when a bonnet likely separated from the manifold and struck his leg, fracturing and lacerating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate