Incident date: 2023-09-26
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was working on a drilling rig as tongs were being hoisted. The lifting chain failed and the tongs fell on the employee and pinned him against the drilling rig floor. The employee sustained injuries to internal organs and their legs that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate