Incident date: 2025-01-08
NAICS industry code: 311225

An employee was unclogging product from a railcar hose using air pressure from a valve. The air hose coupling went out of control in the employee's right hand and struck the employee's right shin, resulting in a fractured tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled object or substance  unspecified
code_source: title: Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate