Incident date: 2022-12-20
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee was installing a water treatment system. The system was being pressure tested before being tied in. During testing, the valve and gauge ruptured, causing the employee to fall into a nearby trench. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone and lacerations and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate