Incident date: 2020-11-12
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was cutting through a section of piping when it broke loose and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered fractures in the jaw and mouth, a broken nose, and chipped teeth and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate