Incident date: 2018-09-08
NAICS industry code: 213111

During the breaking of a connection, an employee was holding a "mud bucket" against a pipe to minimize the splashing of mud on an oil rig floor. As the two pieces of pipe were moved apart, a spray of mud caused the employee to fall and hit his head on a piece of equipment behind him. He suffered a scalp laceration and a skull fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate