OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #772848
WORK RULES,WELL,OIL RIG MAST,STAKES,GUY,OIL WELL SERVICING,STRUCK BY,CRANE BLOCK,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY WELL UNIT TRAVELING BLOCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND A WELL-SERVICING CREW HAD GONE TO A WELL LOCATION TO REPAIR THE WELL'S TUBING. THEY PULLED THE TUBING OUT OF THE WELL UNTIL THEY FOUND THE DEFEC TIVE POINT, WHICH WAS REPLACED. AS THE TUBING WAS BEING PUT BACK IN THE WELL, TH E METAL FAILED WHERE THE MAST WAS CONNECTED TO THE UNIT. WHEN THE MAST FELL, THE TRAVELING BLOCK FELL ON EMPLOYEE #1. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE GUYLINES W ERE INCORRECTLY POSITIONED AND THAT THE HAMMER-DRIVEN STAKES ANCHORING THE GUYLI NES WERE INADEQUATE. CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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