Incident date: 2018-10-27
NAICS industry code: 213111

On October 27, 2018, at approximately 9:15 PM, a crew of five employees was working on a drilling rig when the traveling block hit the crown, which caused the travel block to fall to the rig floor. One employee was struck by debris from the damaged rig and suffered a fractured neck, broken left arm, and two broken ribs. Another employee jumped away from the rig structure and fell to the ground below resulting in a left foot amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: high