Incident date: 2015-12-29
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was working on a derrick about 10 feet off the ground and was being lifted to disconnect the elevator. A wire rope under tension snapped back striking the employee and throwing him in the air and then back down. The employee was wearing a safety harness and he only fell the length of his lanyard or about 4 feet. The employee injured his back and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Derricks and related equipment
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate