Incident date: 2017-10-30
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was operating a slick line truck to pull production tools out of an existing well. He was in the cab and the truck was stationary, when one of the slick line cables snapped under tension. The cable shot back into the cab of the truck and lacerated an artery in the employee's neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate