Incident date: 2021-12-01
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was disassembling a control valve assembly. During control valve disassembly a metal cylinder was unexpectedly discharged under high pressure and struck the employee in the face. The employee sustained extensive damage to facial features including an eye injury and fractured jawbones. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate