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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221639321

AXIS ENERGY SERVICES LLC

Event
Brake failure, Oil Rig, Pinned, Struck By, Travelling Block
NAICS
213112
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347268039
Employer profile
AXIS ENERGY SERVICES LLC
Summary number
221639321
Report ID
0830100

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned by traveling blocks

Investigation abstract

On February 5, 2024, an employee was working on a rig floor. The traveling blocks on a workover rig failed to stop due to unspecified brake failure, the tubing was caught with slips, but the blocks, bails, and elevators stacked stacked and caused the traveling blocks and bails to move in a horizontal direction, striking the employee. The employee was pinned and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    614

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