Incident date: 2017-10-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was hooking up equipment to torque test when he stepped onto a wing valve that was 2 feet off of the ground. The wing valve broke, causing him to fall onto the ground. He suffered broken ribs and lower back injuries that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Mining and drilling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate