Incident date: 2018-03-02
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was cutting into an excavated PVC waterline with a pipe saw when the PVC pipe shattered under pressure. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the forearm and cheekbone and lacerations to the face and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate