Struck by discharged object or substance · Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Bayswater Oil and Gas Location, GREELEY, COLORADO 80631
on — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was releasing the pressure from a setting tool. As the employee was screwing a wrench into the burst disc retainer, the retainer nut came free and the pressure escaped from the chamber. Debris struck the employee in the right shoulder and face, leaving foreign material in his eyes and causing contusions to the shoulder and the right side of his face.
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