Incident date: 2022-04-25
NAICS industry code: 332420

A carbon steel plug for a water separator was released during a pressure test. The pressure inside the separator forced an impact tool into an employee's upper torso, causing four broken ribs, a liver laceration, and a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate