OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235394
ARCO OIL & GAS COMPANY DIV OF ATLANTIC RICHFIELD C
GAINSVILLE, TX—
Event description
WELL SERVICING RIG TIPPED OVER
Investigation abstract
A CREW OF FOUR WORKERS SET UP ON J.D. COX LEASE WELL #34, WALNUT BEND FIELD, TO L INJURIES. SERVICE A WELL AND CHECK THE PUMP. A ROUTINE RIG-UP WAS PERFORMED EXCEPT NO WIND GUYS OR AUXILIARY ESCAPE LINES WERE INSTALLED. PERMAMENT WIND GUY ANCHORS WERE PROVIDED AT WELL SITE #34. THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED WAS A FRANKS (INGERSOL RAND) W ELL SERVICING RIG MOUNTED ON A TRUCK CARRIAGE. NINE TRIPLE JOINTS OF ROD WERE HU NG IN THE MAST WHEN A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND ALMOST TIPPED OVER THE RIG. THE RIG HA D JUST RESETTLED AT IT'S INITIAL POSITION WHEN ANOTHER GUST OF WIND HIT IT. THIS TIME IT TOPPLED. THE DERRICKMAN WAS IN THE ROD BASKET THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION AND REMAINED WITH THE MAST UNTIL IT HIT THE GROUND. THE DERRICKMAN RECEIVED FATA
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 867
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- 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.