Incident date: 2016-01-16
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee was assisting another employee in hooking up a hose to a vacuum truck. The manifold over pressured and exploded, and the valve connected to the tank truck sheared, releasing solvent. The explosion knocked the employee to the ground breaking his arm, injuring his left eye and rupturing his eardrum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate