Incident date: 2023-03-14
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee had been working on the rig floor. While pulling rods, the rod elevators jumped off the rod hook and came free from the rod. The rod elevators then fell and struck an employee on the head resulting in a head laceration and a neck fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate