Incident date: 2016-10-16
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was working on the ground aligning the bottom of a 13 3/8" casing joint into the drilling rig v-door by hand. A winch on the rig floor was lifting the joint top through the v-door. The winch line was lowered causing the bottom of the pipe to slide into the injured employee's left foot resulting in a compound ankle fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate