Incident date: 2023-07-17
NAICS industry code: 237310

The injured employee was directing the drill operator when a cylinder broke on the drilling rig. This caused the drilling rig arm to swing around and impact the injured employee's back. The employee sustained contusions to the lower back and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate