Incident date: 2022-04-06
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was connecting power cables/cords on the floor of a rig. The employee was partially standing on the bat door when it activated, causing the employee to fall approximately 30 feet to the ground and sustain eight fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and bruising to the kidney, liver, and spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate