Incident date: 2025-06-12
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was adding a new gauge for a pipe when air pressure built up and ejected the new metallic valve. The valve struck the employee, resulting in an eye injury and a fracture to the face beneath the eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate