Incident date: 2018-01-27
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was holding a valve open by hand when a pig within the pipe struck the valve, causing the lever to strike the employee, who then fell to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs and a bruised lung, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate