Incident date: 2023-10-17
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was running pipe into a hole on a rig floor. He was still running the other joint into the hole when the laydown machine shot the joint of pipe. The pipe hit the employee in the jaw and he fell backward, suffering a fractured cheekbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Cheek(s)
severity: moderate