OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14412597
GRACE DRILLING COMPANY
DANBURY, TX·
Event description
Employee Struck by Falling Steel Hoses
Investigation abstract
Some employees were working on a plugging operation at a dry hole. A concrete co ntractor had attached a Chicksan swivel joint to the drill pipe in preparation f or plugging the hole with concrete. The swivel joint had steel hose attachments, which were left unsecured during the operation. The weight of the swivel joint and steel hoses caused the drill pipe to lean to one side and misalign with the swivel joint. An air hoist line was connected to the pipe to align the sections. When the pipe had been aligned, Employee #1 and other employees began to turn t he drill pipe to thread it into the swivel joint, and the steel hoses fell, stri king Employee #1 on the head. He died of his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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