Incident date: 2015-05-13
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was torqueing a crossover and putting on tubing with a 36-inch pipe wrench. The hydraulic lever lost power. When the employee started troubleshooting the equipment, the wrench swung back and hit the employee in the chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wrenches-power not determined
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate