Incident date: 2016-11-17
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was on a 5-foot ladder cutting a pipe used to carry nitrogen. As the employee was cutting the pipeline, the pipe (which was filled with carbon dioxide) ruptured. The employee suffered a concussion, fractured orbital bones, a skull fracture, and neck injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Pressure lines, except hoses
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate