Incident date: 2018-09-20
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was operating rig equipment to drill and install soldier piles. The rig was traveling to the next pile location when it encountered a soft spot on the bench. The employee immediately stopped on command from the spotter. The left side track of the rig then started to sink, causing the rig to tip over on its side. The employee's left leg struck the tramming levers and computer inside the cab when the rig tipped over, suffering two fractures below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate