Incident date: 2018-05-26
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employees were releasing pressure from a well, moving lines from one well to another and placing a cap on the well-pumping lines. A crown valve was open and blew up. One employee sustained a broken right forearm, a second employee sustained a head injury and a third employee sustained an injury requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: low