Incident date: 2017-10-28
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was changing the heads of tongs. The rig operator lost control of the power swivel and it struck the employee's leg, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate