OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #565614
WORK RULES,OIL RIG MAST,FALL,OIL WELL SERVICING,LOST BALANCE,TIE-OFF
Event description
Employee dies in fall from mast on first day
Investigation abstract
On October 23, 1989, the Jump Oil Field Service Company was preparing to set cas ing in a hole that had just been drilled. Employee #1 had ascended the mast and was preparing to connect his lanyard to the structure when, for unknown reasons, he lost his footing and fell approximately 40 ft to the drawworks and rig floor . He died. Employee #1 was hired on the day of the accident and had been on the site approximately 4 hours.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 867
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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