OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402390
DERRICK,GERONIMO LINE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,OIL WELL SERVICING,PIPE,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,OIL RIG
Event description
Employee killed when struck by toppling derrick
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 15, 1988, Employee #1 was approximately 58 f t above ground level working off a monkeyboard racking tubing. Employees had sta rted pulling string the previous day and by 12:30 p.m., approximately 154 double stands were standing on the derrick. The tubing started to twist and the four e mployees on the rig jumped off the workover rig. Employee #1, working off the mo nkeyboard, did not clear the toppling derrick and falling pipe. He sustained mul tiple injuries and was taken to the hospital, where he died. No anchor pull test ing had taken place; no geronimo line was provided; and the ward lines on the mo nkeyboard had not been secured to the stake anchors in use.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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