Incident date: 2018-04-08
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was attaching a cable to a plug container to move it to the main rig floor. The employee had attached a hook to the plug container and was turning to continue pulling it when the employee stepped backwards into a pipe nest, falling approximately 2 feet and landing on a drill collar or pipe. The employee suffered a contusion and small crack to the right femur, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate