Incident date: 2023-07-08
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee climbed on a frac stack of valves when an unbalanced load began to shift. As the employee went to stabilize the connection, they lost balance and fell 7 feet to a lower level. The employee sustained a left wrist fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate