Incident date: 2023-06-14
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was loading a drill string on the tail string of an existing drill rod during horizontal drilling activities for trenchless utility installations. A 4-foot pipe wrench caused a compound fracture in the employee's left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate