OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495519
BACK-UP ALARM,CHEST,CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,BACK,TRUCK,OIL WELL SERVICING,GUIDE,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
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
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#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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