Incident date: 2024-08-15
NAICS industry code: 332919

An employee was function testing a flushing unit when the unit failed and the access panel was forced open as the filter housing ejected upward from the unit. The access panel struck the employee on his hard hat and he fell backward onto concrete, resulting in a fracture to their C1 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate