Incident date: 2018-05-17
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was performing end-of-shift cleanup near an overhead dust collection pipe, which collected steel shot from a blast machine and delivered dust and dust particles to the dust collector. The pipe broke free from its connecting joint, striking the employee in the back and head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate