Incident date: 2021-10-21
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was unscrewing and separating a connection of a drill pipe when drilling mud sprayed out of the connection, causing the employee to fall backward and strike his face on a piece of equipment. The employee suffered a laceration on his lip and a facial fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, unspecified
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate