OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557920

ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,OIL WELL SERVICING,DRIVE SHAFT,OIL RIG

1986-12-05T00:00:00

Event: ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,OIL WELL SERVICING,DRIVE SHAFT,OIL RIG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14557920
Report ID: 653510

Event description

Employee killed when caught by oil rig drive shaft

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cleaning the substructure of an oil rig when he became caught by the rotary drive shaft powering a table on a modified drilling rig. He was kill ed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
614

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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