Incident date: 2023-08-30
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee had been waiting for tubing to be lowered. The swage came loose and dropped along with the tubing (approximately 31-feet long). It fell 60 feet to the ground, then tipped over and struck the employee's head. The employee was knocked out and sustained a concussion, a broken nose, and lacerations to the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate