Incident date: 2022-11-10
NAICS industry code: 213111

A crew was on a drilling floor making a drill pipe connection. One employee was using a 5-foot bar with the pipe tongs, to apply pressure, to make the pipe fitting tight. The bar slipped and struck the employee in the chest, resulting in rib fractures to the right side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate