OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392129

LONE STAR WELL SERVICE, LLC

MIDLAND, TX· 2021-09-17T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Derrick, Derrick Platform, Drum, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Noise, Oil Rig, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Slip, Slippery Surface, Well Service Rig
NAICS: 213112
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345534804
Employer profile: LONE STAR WELL SERVICE, LLC
Summary number: 221392129
Report ID: 0627510

Event description

Employee is killed after slipping from rig floor into drum

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee was working on a team performing rigging down during well servicing. The employee heard a loud sound of the clevis striking an item in the derrick causing him to leave his current position to investigate. For unknown reasons, the employee slipped on the rig floor and fell into the drum area. Nothing was found to have struck the employee from above or from the rig floor and their was no height involved in the fall. But the employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Event type
2

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