Incident date: 2017-03-10
NAICS industry code: 213111

A drilling rig was tripping out of the well. The derrick employee was moving the top of a pipe stand to the racking fingers when the employee's retractable lanyard line was caught by the descending top drive and he was pulled to his knees on the derrick platform. The employee sustained a left knee fracture and vascular damage to the left thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate