OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14306914

CHEST,CLOTHING,ROTATING PARTS,CAUGHT BY,CRUSHED,DRILL RIG--NON-OIL,BOAT

1987-11-20T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,CLOTHING,ROTATING PARTS,CAUGHT BY,CRUSHED,DRILL RIG--NON-OIL,BOAT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14306914
Report ID: 213900

Event description

Employee Crushed and Killed in Rotating Drill

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a drilling boat in the Delaware River. He was using a rag to wipe down rotating drilling rods when he became caught and swung around toward a deck house while the rotating rods continued to pull his clothing. Employee #1 was found by coworkers, who tried to free him by cutting away his clothing. He w as killed. The autopsy report revealed that he died of a crushing type injury to his chest. (There were no witnesses to the accident.)

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
2

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