Incident date: 2017-12-27
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was shutting down a compressor unit using the shut-down button inside an electrical panel. When he pressed the button, the door blew back from pressure and struck him, knocking him off his feet into a trash bin. He then got up to fight a small fire that had developed in the electrical panel. He suffered broken ribs as well as facial and chest contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate