Incident date: 2019-08-20
NAICS industry code: 213112

Two employees were capping off an old gas well when the pressure of the well reached a high level and the well head blew off. One employee sustained fractured facial bones, contusions and burns to the chest, and shrapnel in the skin of the lower and upper torso.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate