Incident date: 2022-02-10
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee and a co-worker picked up a 48-inch steel pipe wrench to size up a saver sub.  While sizing up the wrench, the swivel engaged and the pipe wrench hit the saver sub, causing the wrench to swing around and strike the employee in the left arm and chest area. The employee suffered a lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wrenches-power not determined
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate