Incident date: 2023-07-18
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was welding an oil pipe and installing a gauge on the pipe of a drilling rig. As he cut into it with a torch, an explosion occurred. The shockwave of the explosion caused the employee to sustain a concussion and multiple broken bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate