Incident date: 2022-12-19
NAICS industry code: 211120

Employees were working on a drilling rig. They were putting bushings in with a hydraulic hoist when the cable became tangled in the derricks above. The hydraulic hoist cable came loose and threw the injured employee 15 feet into a piece of machinery used to screw together joints of drill pipe. The employee lost consciousness and sustained a head laceration that required staples and a knee laceration that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate