Incident date: 2015-06-29
NAICS industry code: 331410

While sending air through a pipe for cleaning purposes, an employee used a hammer to hit the pressurized pipe to unclog it. As the employee struck the pipe, a strainer (which lined the inside of the cap) flew off, striking the employee in the forehead. The employee sustained a fracture to the eye socket and skull, which required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate