Incident date: 2015-03-13
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was pressure-testing a sand separator in a test booth. The employee entered the test booth to remove a plug on the sand separator. Before entering, he turned off the water hose and turned on the high-pressure pump. As he removed the plug, a failure occurred. The employee sustained a broken arm, and the plug was embedded in his arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate