Incident date: 2016-06-28
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was starting up a compressor with a fitting on the hard pipe airline. The airline was loose and allowed air pressure to release and hit the employee in the face. His face became swollen and his lungs got air in them.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized air-blast
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate