Incident date: 2021-11-27
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was changing a cleaner cone cap. The cone became pressurized with water, and the water stream pushed the employee into nearby equipment. The employee sustained a concussion; fractures to their skull and ribs; lacerations on their scalp, eyelid, and left thigh; and injuries to their pelvis and internal organs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate