Incident date: 2020-12-08
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was pressure-testing a valve. The air hose leading to the valve had a leak; when the employee tried to tighten it, the hose broke under pressure and struck the employee, breaking his arm and lacerating his stomach. He was hospitalized.

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