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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14492961

UNSECURED,WORK RULES,OIL WELL DRILLING,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,OIL WELL DRILLING,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14492961
Report ID
627400

Event description

Employee killed when struck by automatic pipe racker stand

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was bolting up the head in the cellar when a coworker, who was stand ing on the automatic pipe racker, disconnected the attached wire line. The autom atic pipe racker stand fell. Employee #1 was crushed and killed as he attempted to escape.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    14
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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