Incident date: 2018-07-12
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was removing a 2" riser pipe from a casing head with a pipe wrench when backside pressure pushed the riser up and it struck the employee's forehead. He was then covered in drilling mud, which evacuated the well behind the pipe. He suffered a forehead laceration and skull fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate