Incident date: 2015-02-05
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee at a remote Marathon Oil jobsite was pressure testing pipe when he was struck-by 9500psi of water when bolts broke on the flange connecting two pipes causing the high pressure water to strike the employee and one other sub-contractor's employee who were standing approximately 15 feet away.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate