OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336333
ROTATING PARTS,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DRILL RIG--NON-OIL
Event description
Employee Killed When Caught Between Drill Rig Parts
Investigation abstract
At 12:30 p.m. on April 13, 1989, Employee #1 was helping to remove a drill from a rotary drill rig. He stood on the mast and connected a wrench to the top porti on of the drill pipe, the breakout slot. A coworker raised the 30-ft drill secti on and installed a wrench to the lower section. As the drill began to move downw ard, Employee #1 was caught between the rotary head and the drill mast. He was k illed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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