Incident date: 2019-09-25
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was cutting a pressurized 16-inch PVC water line with a chop saw. The line exploded and the employee suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Pressure lines, except hoses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate