Incident date: 2024-03-09
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was standing approximately 10 feet off to the side of a hydraulic power unit. When the hydraulic power unit was started, a metal valve inside a hose connector detached from the end of a hydraulic line and struck the employee, puncturing his abdomen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate