OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14532048

POOL ARCTIC ALASKA

PRUDHOE BAY, AK· 1986-06-27T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, WORK RULES, PINNED, OIL WELL DRILLING, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, COMMUNICATION, OIL RIG
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100000843
Employer profile: POOL ARCTIC ALASKA
Summary number: 14532048
Report ID: 1032100

Event description

Employee killed when head is crushed on oil rig

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on June 27, 1986, Employee #1 and the other drilling crew members were running 9 5/8 inch 00 l-80 grade casing to a depth of 11,470 f eet. Employee #1 stepped out from behind the drill pipe racked on the floor to r elease the elevators attached to the joint of casing that had just been run into the hole. The casing, which was being brought to the rig floor by a Mereco hydr aulic laydown machine, pinned his head against the elevators. He was killed.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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