Incident date: 2024-11-20
NAICS industry code: 213112

Three employees were breaking a threaded tool string connection using two 36-inch pipe wrenches. One of the pipe wrenches slipped and struck an employee in the abdomen, resulting in a ruptured spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Wrenches, ratchets
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Other digestive structures  n.e.c.
severity: moderate