Incident date: 2017-11-21
NAICS industry code: 336413

An employee was attempting to remove a part from a fracking unit using a torque wrench and a socket. The socket broke in half and the employee slipped and fell to the ground, hitting his head. He suffered a small skull fracture and brain bleeding, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate