Incident date: 2017-06-21
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was cleaning up a lay-down yard when a pressurized CO2 bottle valve discharged, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He hit and cut the back of his head and suffered shoulder pain, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate