Fractures

Name: Fractures at Process Equipment & Services Company, Inc.
Start: 8/23/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088722 · 8/23/2018 · Process Equipment & Services Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Pipe fittings, collars
Secondary source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: Process Equipment & Services Company, Inc.
Location: Southern Ute 32-77-1, DURANGO, COLORADO, 81301
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While discharging pressure from and testing a well head, an employee opened a steel valve fitting under 400 pounds of pressure. The fitting unscrewed and was ejected, striking the employee's lower right leg and breaking it.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown