Incident date: 2015-02-13
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee put a valve into the hole of an oil well as part of the process to plug the well. Pressure built up behind the valve causing it to explode out of the hole. One of the employee's legs was severely injured and is being medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high