OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571331
WELLTECH, INC.
VICKERY, OH·
Event description
Drill rig worker dies after choking on piece of chicken
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 climbed approximately 58 ft on the derrick of a drilling rig to chan ge a light tube. Sometime later, he was found hanging upside down by his safety belt. No evidence of electrical shock or electrocution was discovered. A large p iece of meat (chicken) was found lodged in his throat. There were no witnesses.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- LUNG (28)
- Accident type
- CARD-VASC/RESP FAIL. (12)
- Source of injury
- BODILY MOTION (5)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC, NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM (7)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.