Incident date: 2017-07-28
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was injured during tear down of an oil rig to be transported and set up at a new drilling site. The employee removed a retaining pin that held the pole upright and the pole fell onto the employee's leg breaking the femur bone and requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Lamps, light fixtures
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate