Incident date: 2018-01-17
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was rigging down a workover rig from the operator's platform when the scoping ram hydraulic system failed, allowing the mast to fall to the ground. The employee fell approximately 45 inches off the rig platform to the ground, suffering fractures to the leg and face.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate