OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467377
DERRICK,HEAD,COLLAPSE,GUY,STABBING BOARD,FALL,OIL WELL SERVICING,DERRICK PLATFORM,ANKLE
Event description
OILWELL SERVICING DERRICK COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 5, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING THE TUBING BO ARD, 55 FEET ABOVE THE DERRICK FLOOR. EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 WERE WORKING ON THE FL OOR OF THE DERRICK. THEY HEARD EMPLOYEE #1 YELLING "WATCH OUT!" THEY THEN SAW TH E DERRICK TURNING AND TWISTING. IN SECONDS IT FELL TO THE GROUND. THE GUYLINE TO THE SOUTHWEST GAVE WAY. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE DRILLER HAD SET THE SLI PS AND HAD BROKEN OUT THE JOINT OF PIPE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED. EMPLOYEE #2 REC EIVED HEAD INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEE #3 SUFFERED A TWISTED ANKLE.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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