OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391395
GREY WOLF DRILLING COMPANY, LP
DUBBERLY, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling floor plate
Investigation abstract
On November 25, 1987, Employee #1, a driller who had assisted with rigging opera tions in the past, was helping to rig up drilling rig #4 at the ITS Simoneaux we ll #23, in Louisiana. He was standing on top of two motor sheds that had been pu t in place and was helping to place a large rig floor plate that measured 3 1/2 by 13 ft and was being hoisted from ground level by a Link Belt 118 crawler cran e. As it neared Employee #1 the load shifted and the floor plate fell, striking Employee #1 and crushing him to death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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