Incident date: 2018-09-04
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was operating the tongs at a rig when the winch line broke and the equipment struck the employee's lower right leg, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate