Incident date: 2019-02-06
NAICS industry code: 213112

After a manifold trailer had been pressure-tested to 3,000 psi, a Renegade employee bled it off to 1,200 psi. The accumulator broke and struck the employee's face under pressure, causing lacerations inside and outside the mouth. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Pressurized air-blast
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Mouth, unspecified
severity: moderate