OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14493324
DRAMCO WELL SERVICING, INC.
MCCAMEY, TX·
Event description
Employee killed in fall when derrick collapsed
Investigation abstract
On March 20, 1989, Employee #1, a derrickman, was working on a well servicing ri g. The telescoping Pemco derrick was set up over the well in preparation for pul ling the rods out to correct a parting. He pulled the first three joinings out, and a fishing tool was then used to hook the remaining rods. As pressure was app lied to pull the rods, the upper portion of the derrick collapsed. Employee #1 w as thrown around in the rod basket as it fell. He was transported to a local hos pital, where he died two hours later of massive internal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.