Incident date: 2019-05-25
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was changing out a mud motor on the directional drilling rig. To make sure the motor was aligned, the employee did a bump test with a wrench. The wrench then swung and hit the employee in the hard hat, causing a small fracture to the head and slight bruising.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate