Incident date: 2017-02-17
NAICS industry code: 332116

On February 17, 2017, at approximately 7:45 AM, an employee was uncoupling a 2-inch airline from an air compressor when the pressurized line became unhooked and whipped around, striking the employee in the lower right leg. The employee suffered right tibia/fibula fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Containers-pressurized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate