Incident date: 2021-09-09
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was replacing a water-line. While unbolting a fitting on an unused PVC waterline, the PVC pipe blew apart and the employee was struck by pieces of the pipe and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate