Incident date: 2024-10-24
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee was performing routine surveillance operation rounds on a furnace and nearby equipment. The employee heard a rumbling sound coming from a low-pressure steam vent and when he looked up, he saw water falling from the vent. He quickly moved to avoid the falling water and ran into a pipe and then fell, resulting in a right tibia fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Walked or ran into stationary object
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate