Incident date: 2018-04-28
NAICS industry code: 213112

A crew was installing a top drive track during a rig move when it became hung up on a girt. The top drive track was freed and whipped, striking an employee in the head. The employee suffered broken right cheek bones, a broken jaw bone, and a right shoulder injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate