OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495451
DERRICK,HEAD,OIL WELL DRILLING,SAFETY BELT,STABBING BOARD,FALL,OIL RIG
Event description
FALL FROM OIL RIG STABBING BOARD
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE RUNNING CASING INTO A WELL BEING DRILLED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WOR KING THE STABBING BOARD ON THE DERRICK. THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY WAS OPERATING T HE RIG CONTROLS. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 MISS ED A JOINT OF SHORT CASING WITH THE ELEVATOR. HE UNHOOKED HIS SAFETY BELT TO STE P OUT ON THE ELEVATORS IN AN EFFORT TO LATCH THE JOINT OF CASING INTO THE ELEVAT ORS. HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL 40 FEET TO THE RIG FLOOR. HIS HEAD STRUCK THE DRAW WORKS. HE KILLED INSTANTLY. SNOW WAS FALLING HEAVILY AND WAS PACKED DOWN HA RD WHERE THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING, MAKING THE WORKING SURFACES VERY SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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