OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301816
HARD HAT,WORK RULES,FOREHEAD,PIPE WRENCH,INEXPERIENCE,OIL WELL SERVICING,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,UNTRAINED,METAL PIPE
Event description
New employee struck and killed by pipe wrench
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and three other employees of an oil field maintenance firm were asse ackward 6 to 10 ft. He died one week later from craniocerebral injuries. It was Employee #1's first day on the job. He was not wearing a hard hat nor was he tra ined to recognize the hazards associated with the job. mbling 2 3/8 in. metal pipe, or flow line. The flow line was assembled using the rear drive wheel of a 1985 Ford F-350, 3/4 ton truck. The truck was jacked up w ith a coupling attached to the left rear hub to which 31 to 34 ft sections of pi pe were joined. The drive wheel turned the flow line while additional sections o f pipe were attached. A 36 in. pipe wrench was used on the last section of pipe to keep it from turning while being tightened to the previously completed sectio ns. On the 11th joint, the rotating pipe bowed, causing the pipe wrench to flip under the flow line and strike Employee #1 in the right forehead, knocking him b
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 2
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