Incident date: 2020-04-08
NAICS industry code: 424430

On April 8, 2020, an employee was on an A-frame ladder, cutting pipes of a heat steam tube to remove the heat exchanger. The employee cut above two valves on the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger rolled forward. The cut tube lacerated the inside of his elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate