Incident date: 2020-04-28
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was standing inside a man basket assisting with a line washing task at a well head tree when he was struck on his right leg (shin area) with pressurized water, sand, and shale from the well head tree flow line. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate