OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375181

CONSOLIDATED DRILLING SERVICES LLC

CARMI, IL· 2021-07-26T00:00:00

Event: Drill, Drill Collar, Drill Operator, Drill Pipe, Elevator, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Inadequate Maint, Inexperience, Material Handling, Metal Pipe, Oil Rig, Oil Well Drilling, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Struck By, Training
NAICS: 213111
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345441273
Employer profile: CONSOLIDATED DRILLING SERVICES LLC
Summary number: 221375181
Report ID: 0524530

Event description

Employee is killed when struck in head by falling pipe

Investigation abstract

At 10:50 p.m. on July 26, 2021, an employee was working on a crew at a remote oil drilling rig drilling an oil well. The employee was removing a collar pipe from an oil well drill hole and laying it down in a pipe tub. The collar pipe was thirty (30) feet in length, six (6) inches in diameter and weighted approximately eighteen hundred (1800) pounds. The collar pipe was removed from the drill hole by use of a single latch collar clamp connected to a BJ elevator which came open upon lifting. As a result, the pipe came loose and fell striking the employee on the right side of the head and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
614

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