Incident date: 2018-09-25
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employees were trying to connect a wellhead with a two-to-one swedge and a quick coupler. A valve was opened to route pressure through the swedge. The swedge's threads stripped and it struck an employee in the ankle, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate