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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234082

HEAD,TORSO,TRUCK,OIL WELL SERVICING,CONCUSSION,RUN OVER,OIL RIG,BACKING UP,TRUCK DRIVER

Event
HEAD,TORSO,TRUCK,OIL WELL SERVICING,CONCUSSION,RUN OVER,OIL RIG,BACKING UP,TRUCK DRIVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14234082
Report ID
627700

Event description

EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY TRUCK

Investigation abstract

Employees were cleaning a stacked oil well drilling rig and had just completed m oving the rig components with a rigging truck. Employee #1, a rig tool pusher, d irected the rig hands to new duties and released the rig truck back to the compa ny yard. Employee #2 pulled the truck forward, and then backed up at approximate ly 3 mph to hook up the trailer. Employee #2 was looking to the right were he wa s turning, and the left rear of the truck struck Employee #1 knocking him down t o the ground. The four wheels on the left side of the truck rolled over Employee #1, crushing his upper torso and head. The other employees checked his vital si gns and found none.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 49 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

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