Incident date: 2022-09-14
NAICS industry code: 211120

An employee was taking apart a meter. As the employee was taking apart the flow control choke valve, it came apart under pressure and a piece of it struck the employee. The employee suffered a laceration and a skull fracture above the left ear, as well as an injury to the left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate