Incident date: 2022-09-20
NAICS industry code: 213111

A drill collar was being lowered from a higher elevation pad next to the location where the rig was located. An employee placed a board as a chock under the drill collar. As the forklift forks were being removed from under the collar, the collar started to roll. The drill collar caught the right edge of the employee's boot and began to pull his leg under the collar. The employee sustained compound fractures to both bones in his lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate