OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221368822

PRECISION DRILLING COMPANY, L.P.

HUDSON, CO· 2021-07-04T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Chest, Cleaning, Drill Operator, Drilling, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ground, Harness, Hose, Lifeline, Oil Rig, Oil Well Drilling, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, PPE, Pressure Wash, Protective Clothing, Rib, Structural Collapse, Work Surface
NAICS: 213111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345401939
Employer profile: PRECISION DRILLING COMPANY, L.P.
Summary number: 221368822
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee breaks ribs and sternum in fall while cleaning dril

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 a.m. on July 4, 2021, an employee working as an oil well driller was sternum. working for a drilling company. The employee was tasking with using a pressure washer to clean the substructure of the drilling rig. The employee was on an elevated surface approximately 11 feet above the cellar. He reached over a guard rail to pickup excess hose for the pressure washer gun when the floor gave way and employee fell to the lower level. The substructure has four self-retracting lifelines and a fall protection harness available on the floor of the substructure. The fall protection harness was not being worn when the employee fell. The employee was hospitalized with two broken ribs and a fractured

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
614

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