Incident date: 2022-06-16
NAICS industry code: 213112

Two employees were loosening a union. One of the employees was striking the union to loosen it when the ball valve broke off the pipe on the pressure side. The ball valve struck the employee's head and knocked him over. His head landed on a piece of piping.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate