OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402044
R C CHAPMAN DRILLING CO INC RIG 204
EL CAMPO, TX·
Event description
Employee killed in 138 ft fall from drilling rig
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:45 p.m. on December 13, 1985, Employee #1 was working on a D reco slingshot drilling rig, separating an air hoist line from a drill line and a tubing board with which it had become entangled. He was apparently standing on the fingers of the monkey board when he lost his balance and fell 120 ft to the rig floor, sustaining fatal head and neck injuries. He then fell an additional 18 ft to the ground through the rotary table opening. A safety belt was believed to have been in use but it was not secured to a fixed object with an approved l anyard.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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