OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768598
PROFESSIONAL WIRE LINE SERVICES, INC.
GRAHAM, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN PERFORATING GUN EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RIGGING A PERFORATING GUN AT AN OIL WELL SITE. THE GUN CONSISTED T APPEARS THAT STRAY VOLTAGE AND/OR STATIC DISCHARGE INITIATED THE BLAST. OF PRIMACORD WRAPPED AROUND A PIECE OF PVC PIPE, INITIATED BY A 20 OHM BLASTING CAP. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD RIGGED THE CAP AND WAS TAPING THE APPARATUS TO THE CHARGE. THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED WITHIN AN HOUR FROM SEVERE BURNS. AN E MPLOYEE OF ANOTHER COMPANY WAS BURNED LESS SEVERELY, BUT SUFFERED SEVERE HEARING LOSS. THE EQUIPMENT USED WAS A 1982 GMC BRIGADEER WIRELINE TRUCK (S/N 16D58C4Y8 CV565781). CAUSAL FACTORS APPEAR TO BE: THE WIRELINE TRUCK WAS NOT GROUNDED TO T HE WELL HEAD OR PULLING RIG; THE ONAN GENERATOR WAS OPERATING AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSIVE RIGGING; AND THERE WAS A LACK OF TRAINING AND SUPERVISORY CONTROLS. I
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 10
- 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.