OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659979

PAUL JENKINS & SONS WELL DRILLING COMPANY

CHATHAM, MA· 1987-04-15T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, DRILL PIPE, ELECTROCUTED, E C, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, METAL PIPE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101339141
Employer profile: PAUL JENKINS & SONS WELL DRILLING COMPANY
Summary number: 659979
Report ID: 111400

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DRILL PIPE

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYER AND HIS EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING A WELL AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. THE EMPLOYER WAS USING A MANILA ROPE ON THE WELL DRILLING RIG TO LIFT A 21-FOOT-LONG GALVANIZED PIPE. THE PIPE HAD A 3-FOOT, 6-INCH POINT ON ONE END, AND THE EMPLOY EE WAS GUIDING THIS END OF THE PIPE INTO THE WELL HOLE. THE OTHER END OF THE PIP E CONTACTED A 14-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED .

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.