OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336333
ASHCRAFT & JOHNSON
ATHENS, GA·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.