Incident date: 2015-10-02
NAICS industry code: 335911

An employee was performing maintenance work on a malfunctioning impregnation tank lid. When the employee attached an air hose to the lid, it opened automatically and pinned his head, causing head and neck damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate