Incident date: 2024-08-23
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee connected a pipe elevator to a drill string. The pipe elevator unlatched while the string was being lifted. The elevator struck the employee causing a fracture and dislocation to their right elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Drilling and extraction machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate