OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422414
BURN,AMPUTATED,EXPLOSIVES,FINGER,EXPLOSION,LACERATION,OIL WELL SERVICING,HAND
Event description
Employee killed, two others injured in explosion
Investigation abstract
A crew of three employees were pulling oil well casing from a well for salvage. burns on one hand and released. They had just removed the "shot can" laden with solidified nitroglycerin from th e well after the can failed to reach the required depth. The crew attempted a co uple of times to lower the shot can to the 4,300 ft depth, but was unable to low er the can below the 1,640 ft level because of an unknown obstruction. The shot can was lifted from the well and as Employee #1 tried to disarm it, the explosiv e charge detonated, injuring the three employees. Employee #1 died several days later at a Wichita hospital. Employee #2 suffered the amputation of three finger s on one hand and was hospitalized. Employee #3 was treated for lacerations and
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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