OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234066
ARKLA ENERGY RESOURCES
COALGATE, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY BROKEN PIPE
Investigation abstract
In June of 1988, a one inch pipe and fittings manifold was removed from a conden sate dump line and was placed on the ground at a gas production facility. The ma nifold was used to connect the condensate wall dump valve to the dump line at ab out 11 a.m. on March 13, 1989. Employee #1 re-installed the rusted manifold on t he 3,200 foot, 470 psi gage pulsation bottle. Employee #1 opened the dump valve and proceeded to vent condensate vapor and natural gas from the pulsation bottle . Suddenly the one inch pipe broke, swung over and struck him on the left side o f the head. Employee #1 was transported to St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City where he died on March 14, 1989.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BOILER/PRESS VESSEL (6)
- Occupation
- Helpers, extractive occupations (867)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.