Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Name: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Big Lake Services, LLC
Start: 1/6/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010168 · 1/6/2017 · Big Lake Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized air-blast
Secondary source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: Big Lake Services, LLC
Location: Dorothy A-02 WB, Upton County, 15 Miles SE of Crane, CRANE, TEXAS, 79731
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a blowout preventer. When he went to remove the valve removal plug, pressure (approximately 300 PSI) released and struck him, blowing him 20 to 30 feet away. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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