Incident date: 2015-12-04
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was tightening the nipple onto a choke manifold with a 36 inch pipe wrench. As the employee was tightening the nipple, the wrench slipped causing the employee to shift his weight to his right leg and fracture it above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate