OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822387
WINSLOW PUMP & WELL, INC.
PRINCE FREDERICK, MD·
Event description
DRILL RIG WORKER KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY DRILL ROD
Investigation abstract
AT A WATER WELL BEING DUG, A QUICK-RELEASE HOISTING DEVICE WAS BEING USED DURING THE PROCESS OF PULLING DRILL RODS FROM THE WELL AND PLACING THEM IN STORAGE. EM PLOYEE #1 WAS GUIDING PULLED RODS TO THE STORAGE BIN. AS ONE ROD WAS PULLED FROM THE WELL EMPLOYEE #1 GRABBED IT AT THE BOTTOM (THE ROD HAD BEEN LOWERED TO A LE VEL JUST ABOVE HIS HEAD) AND SHOVED IT FORWARD TOWARDS IT'S STORAGE POSITION IN THE ROD BIN. WHEN THE ROD HIT THE FOOT OF THE BIN, THE QUICK RELEASE RELEASED. T HE ROD FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD AND KILLING HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS N OT WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 598
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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