Incident date: 2019-09-09
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was testing a 16-inch pipe with a test ball when the test ball flew out of the pipe causing the employee to fly back, landing on his right arm. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate