Incident date: 2019-03-12
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was working at a well site where tubing was being pulled. As a block was being lowered to place a tube, the brake handle broke, allowing the block to fall down to the decking where the employee was working. The employee was struck by the block or other materials falling from about 6 to 10 feet above. He suffered a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate