OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519268
GROSSE TETE WELL SERVICE INC
GOODHOPE, LA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall when knocked from derrick
Investigation abstract
On November 7, 1985, Employee #1, a derrickman on a workover oil rig owned by Gr osse Tete Well Service, Inc., was at the Shell Exploration and Production Goodho pe Field near Norco, Louisiana. A four-man crew was rigging up and had to raise the upper part of the mast and pin it in place. Employee #1 climbed the derrick to approximately 40 feet and was preparing to pin the derrick logs when a sudden hydraulic mechanical malfunction caused the upper part of the derrick to fall i nto the lower part. Employee #1 was knocked off the derrick and fell to the rig floor. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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