OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467484
QUESTOR DRILLING INC
BEN BOLT, TX·
Event description
STEEL PLATE FELL ON EMPLOYEE, CRUSHING HIM
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 5, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH A MUD TANK, CUTTING WELDS LOOSE FROM A 3/8 INCH STEEL PLATE. HE WAS CUTTING ONE W ELD WHEN THE SECOND WELD GAVE WAY, DROPPING THE STEEL PLATE, 8 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET, 11 INCHES LONG AND COVERED WITH ABOUT 2 TONS OF MUD, ONTO HIM. HE WAS CRUS HED TO DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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