Incident date: 2017-12-07
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was removing a fitting from an accumulator. Pressure was still in the safety bottle at the time. When he got down to the final threads, the fitting blew off, striking him in the face and neck. He suffered a facial contusion, orbital fracture, eye hematoma, and eyelid and neck lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate