Incident date: 2015-05-31
NAICS industry code: 211111

An employee was loading equipment and tools onto a truck to prepare to leave a well site. The employee was standing on a lubricator rack/catwalk where he was releasing the straps on the crane when the catwalk collapsed. The employee fell approximately 5 feet to the truck below and hit his head. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate