Incident date: 2020-09-25
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was removing a sensor from the wellhead when a pressure release caused the sensor to blow into the employee's chest. The employee was knocked backward eight feet and landed on piping. The employee sustained a broken collar bone, humerus, and femur and a right leg laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate