OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221720915

EASTERN ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

WOODVILLE, MS— 2024-11-04T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Broken, Broken Cable, Cable, Concussion, Drill, Drill Pipe, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal, Metal Pipe, Neck, Oil And Gas Support Services, Oil Well Drilling, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Oil Well Servicing, Pipe, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Skull, Struck By, Unsafe Position, Valve
NAICS: 213112
Inspection type: Unprogrammed Related
Activity number: #347897332
Employer profile: EASTERN ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Summary number: 221720915
Report ID: 0419400

Event description

Employee dies from head, neck trauma when struck by falling

Investigation abstract

At 10:28 p.m. on November 4, 2024, an employee working as an oil well driller for a company that provides oil and gas support services was holding onto a 90-foot section of pipe to be lowered into the ground. The bleeder valve that hung by a cable broke and fell 90 feet striking the employee on his right side. The employee died from blunt trauma to his head, neck and shoulders.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
614

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