Incident date: 2015-10-20
NAICS industry code: 237110

Three employees were performing leak testing on a 54-inch sanitary pipe when the testing device (80 lbs. air pressure) exploded and struck an employee, causing life-threatening head injuries and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate