Incident date: 2017-03-30
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was using a pipe wrench with a cheater bar to tighten a nipple when the pipe wrench broke and the cheater bar struck the employee's head, causing blunt force trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate