OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519706
HENLEY DRILLING COMPANY
CAMERON, LA·
Event description
TRAVELLING BLOCK FELL TO RIG DECK, STRIKING TWO EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:50 PM ON JUNE 22, 1986, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING ON T HE FLOOR OF DRILLING RIG #7. THE TRAVELLING BLOCK WAS RUN INTO THE CROWN BLOCK, CAUSING THE WIRE ROPES TO BREAK. THE TRAVELLING BLOCK FELL TO THE RIG FLOOR AND REBOUNDED INTO EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. HIS LEF T ARM WAS AMPUTATED ON SITE BY A DOCTOR WHO WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. EMPLOYEE #2 SUSTAINED SEVERAL ABRASIONS OF HIS LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL, DIED ON JULY 3, 1986.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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