Incident date: 2019-04-16
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was setting stairs onto a rig platform when the stairs became disconnected from the rig platform, causing the employee to fall 6 feet from the platform and be struck by the stairs. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate