Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95450.015 - Employee fractures leg when thrown to ground upon the releas

Accident Summary Nr: 95450.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 04/30/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1231682.015	05/02/2017		213112	Sparkman Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on April 30, 2017, an employee was working on a rig floor unscrewing an oil field pipe with tong wrench. The employee unscrewed a section of pressurized pipe and it threw him off the working floor. The employee landed on the ground. The tong wrench struck the oil field pipe when the well pressure was released. The employee suffered from broken leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Fracture, Leg, Oil Rig, Pressure Piping

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1231682.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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