Incident date: 2022-05-17
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was connecting wiring to an actuator to power a valve. As he was testing whether the valve would open and shut, material rushed into the pipe it was attached to. The pipe came free, flipped, and struck the employee's back and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate