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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14532048

HEAD,WORK RULES,PINNED,OIL WELL DRILLING,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,COMMUNICATION,OIL RIG

Event
HEAD,WORK RULES,PINNED,OIL WELL DRILLING,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,COMMUNICATION,OIL RIG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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. #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
  2. #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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