Incident date: 2019-05-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employees were replacing a gasket on a well head that was tied to a crane. When they removed the bolts from the flange, the well head tipped over and fell onto the injured employee. Both of the employee's shoulder blades (scapula) were fractured as well as multiple vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate