Incident date: 2019-09-11
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employees were rigging up a work-over rig. One of the rig wires caught on a 1-inch ball valve and the pressure from the rig rising caused the valve to be sent up as a projectile. It struck an employee on the right side of the face and forehead, fracturing his skull. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate