Incident date: 2020-10-14
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was operating the snubbing unit snubbing a pipe out of the hole and laying down pipe using a single latch elevator on the driller side rig winch. The elevator got hung up on the tubing board above and the latch on the elevator opened allowing the pipe joint to come free, fall, and strike the employee in the forehead. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate