Incident date: 2021-10-05
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was plugging and abandoning a natural gas well when he was struck in the face by a 30-foot section of steel tubing. The employee sustained multiple facial fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate