OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301758

HEAD,COUNTERBALANCE,ROPE,UNSECURED,CATLINE,WORK RULES,OIL WELL SERVICING,STRUCK BY,ENTANGLED,FALLING OBJECT

1990-02-18T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,COUNTERBALANCE,ROPE,UNSECURED,CATLINE,WORK RULES,OIL WELL SERVICING,STRUCK BY,ENTANGLED,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14301758
Report ID: 653510

Event description

Employee dies when struck on head by counterweight

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on the casing crew running intermediate casing. While th e pneumatic catline was being used to bring a joint of casing onto the rig floor , the catline tangled in a rope that was situated on the monkey board in the der rick mast. The rope broke and a counterweight, which was attached to the rope, f ell from the mast, striking Employee #1 on the right side of his hard hat. The i mpact killed him.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
867

Human factor
15

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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