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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495519

GABBERT-JONES, INC.

Event
BACK-UP ALARM, CHEST, CLEARANCE, WORK RULES, BACK, TRUCK, OIL WELL SERVICING, GUIDE, RUN OVER, BACKING UP
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#2435477
Employer profile
GABBERT-JONES, INC.
Summary number
14495519
Report ID
627700

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing oil field truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, working with a company rigging up a triple oil field drilling rig, was staking out the layout and marking the locations of various parts of the dri lling operation (e.g., mud pit, water pond). A large oil field truck, which had just unloaded the draw works on the rig floor, came down the loading ramp off th e rig floor. The truck was backing out of some fairly tight quarters so equipmen t could continue to be moved on the right side. Employee #1, who was last seen s tanding near the right front side of the vehicle, was killed when the truck roll ed over his back, causing injuries to the upper chest area. Neither a back-up al arm nor guide(s) were present at the time of the accident.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

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