Incident date: 2024-09-10
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was unclogging a pipe when the system was over pressurized and the plug valve struck the employee on the chest. They sustained a collapsed left lung and a perforated right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized air blast
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Lung(s), pleura
severity: moderate