Incident date: 2025-07-17
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was using a hammer to unclog sand from a pipe connected to a wellhead. When the clogged sand broke loose, a trapped pocket of pressure blew the sand and the hammer out toward the employee. The sand hit his face and chest and the hammer struck the left side of his chest, fracturing two ribs. He also sustained a scratch on an eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Other hammers, mallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate