Incident date: 2018-10-25
NAICS industry code: 237110

A valve was installed on a sewer line. When the line was repressurized, a hose with a brass fitting came off the line and struck an employee in the face. The employee suffered a fractured jaw, a broken nose, shattered cheekbone, loss of teeth, and cuts and abrasions to the right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Hoses
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate