Incident date: 2025-05-15
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was replacing a seized gearbox on an oil well using a breaker bar. After the breaker bar broke the gearbox loose, the bar struck the employee in the face, causing a fractured nasal bone and a laceration from the crown of the nose to above the right eye. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nose, nasal cavity
severity: moderate