Incident date: 2025-04-10
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was conducting a pressure test of sewer laterals. The pressure gauge dropped to 0 PSI. The employee checked the pipe and wiggled it. A 6 to 8 inch pipe shot out of the ground and struck the employee's jaw/chin. The employee sustained a fracture to the jaw and a laceration to the bottom of the chin. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate