OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494041
SEVERED,EMBOLISM,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,HIGH PRESSURE,OIL WELL SERVICING,STRUCK BY,PUMP,PRESSURE RELEASE,LEG
Event description
Employee killed when struck by rotating oil well pump tee
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was bleeding down an oil well prior to service work when the pressur e inside the well caused the pump tee to start rotating in a horizontal circular motion. It struck Employee #1, severing his left leg at the hip and breaking bo nes on the left side of his body. Employee #1 died of an embolism resulting from his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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