OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494470
EXPLOSION,BLOWOUT--OIL WELL,LEG,BURN,FRACTURE,FIRE,GAS,OIL WELL SERVICING
Event description
One employee killed, four injured in oil well explosion
Investigation abstract
An oil well crew was comprised of Employees #1, #2, #3, and #5, who worked for B ken leg, and Employees #3 and #5 were treated for minor ankle strains and releas ed from the hospital. After the fire, the Franks model #300 well servicing rig w as still standing and the guy lines were still intact. ig Red Well Service, and Employee #4 of Angleton Tool Company, who was hired to handle the tools rented by Big Red. The crew was on the service rig floor pullin g a bridge plug from the well casing so that it could be run back into the well. The operator had started a second pull when the well had a gas kick, blowing ou t eight stands of tubing and the bridge plug. A large fireball immediately emerg ed at the blowout preventer. After the fire was extinguished, Employee #4 was fo und dead, 50 ft southwest of the rig floor. Employee #1 suffered burns on the ba ck and arms, Employee #2 sustained burns on the upper part of his body and a bro
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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