Incident date: 2023-03-16
NAICS industry code: 213112

On March 16, 2023, an employee was working at a well site. The employee, wearing a fall harness, was being lifted off the rig floor with a winch line to close a valve. The winch line caught between a tubing board hinge and a derrick and pulled up, causing the employee to strike the tubing elevators and suffer a broken pelvis. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate