Incident date: 2024-05-19
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was connecting pipe when they missed stabbing the pipe into the stump and the drill kept moving downward. The pipe casing then bowed and struck him in the face. The employee sustained a fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drill apparatus
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate