Incident date: 2019-02-04
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was blowing down a vessel through a stinger pipe that was pointing up. As he reached with his right hand and opened the ball valve to release pressure, the stinger pipe swung to the left and struck his left elbow, causing multiple fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate