Incident date: 2015-03-30
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was on a drilling rig floor during normal drilling operations when pressure built up and blew through a hole. The employee was blown backwards and hit his head and arm. His head and arm sustained lacerations. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery on a fractured skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate