Incident date: 2018-04-25
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was tightening a screw cap on a pipe when the cap broke loose and struck the employee's face, breaking bones in the cheek and below the eye. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate