OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402663
FESCO INCORPORATED
KENEDY, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by pipe
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:05 a.m. on December 28, 1987, Employee #1 was opening an adj ustable choker to bleed off pressure from a sand separator. Approximately 35 ft of steel blowdown line that ran to a pit was not tied down. A connection in the middle of the line allowed it to swivel, and it had a side outlet tee on the end of the line pointing down into the pit. A sudden blast of gas pressure caused t he line to flip straight back, striking and killing Employee #1. The pressure in the sand separator was 855 psi.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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