Incident date: 2025-02-01
NAICS industry code: 221310

An employee was setting gravel tubing at a well site when there was a snap back in the winch system and a pipe broke. The employee was struck in the head by a metal pipe (20 feet long, 2 3/8 inch diameter), resulting in a skull fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate