Incident date: 2025-01-24
NAICS industry code: 213112

A crew was running rods in the hole when the chain on the rod transfer broke and fell to the rig floor. The chain struck the injured employee on the hard hat and whipped underneath the hard hat and struck the employee above their nose, causing a fracture and laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Chains
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Nose, nasal cavity
severity: moderate