OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301345
FRACTURE,ROPE,GLOVE,OIL WELL DRILLING,CATHEAD,NECK,ENTANGLED
Event description
WRAPPED UNDER ROPE ON ROTATING CAT HEAD; NECK BROKEN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THE CAT HEAD ON AN OIL DRILLING RIG. HE WAS HOISTING 8 ND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROPE AND HE WAS PULLED INTO THE CAT HEAD. THE ROPE WR APPED AROUND HIM AT LEAST THREE TIMES. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN NECK AND OTHER INJUR IES WHEN THE ROPE TIGHTENED AROUND HIM. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES. 1/2 INCH CASING FROM THE CATWALK TO THE V-DOOR. ANOTHER CREW MEMBER WOULD SIGNA L EMPLOYEE #1 WHEN TO RAISE OR LOWER THE CASING. EMPLOYEE #1 LOOPED THE FIBER RO PE ON THE CAT HEAD BY THROWING IT ONTO THE ROTATING HEAD. THE ROPE COULD BE TIGH TENED BY PULLING ON THE FREE END, AND THE CASING RAISED. HE COULD LOWER THE CASI NG BY CREATING SLACK ON THE ROPE. REPORTEDLY, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD DISCONTINUED USING THE FIRST LOOP GUARD ON THE CAT HEAD AFTER THE THIRD JOINT OF CASING HAD BEEN R AISED. ON APPROXIMATELY THE EIGHTEENTH JOINT OF CASING, EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO THR OW ONE LOOP OFF THE CAT HEAD, AS THE ROPE HAD ALREADY BEEN LOOPED. HIS GLOVED HA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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