Incident date: 2024-07-12
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was filling a 150-gallon water tank on a drilling rig truck. The pressure of the hose at the water station threw the employee from the platform to the ground 4.5 feet below. The employee suffered broken ribs and a head injury and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drill apparatus
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate