Incident date: 2018-08-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

While discharging pressure from and testing a well head, an employee opened a steel valve fitting under 400 pounds of pressure. The fitting unscrewed and was ejected, striking the employee's lower right leg and breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Pipe fittings, collars
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate