OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240915

NICHOLS CASING CREWS INC

OK CITY, OK— 1984-07-06T00:00:00

Event: DERRICK, BLOCKS, WORK RULES, OIL WELL DRILLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, OIL RIG
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #845214
Employer profile: NICHOLS CASING CREWS INC
Summary number: 14240915
Report ID: 627700

Event description

Employee killed in fall from work platform

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was a member of a crew that was running a well casing into a hole. H e was positioned 36 ft above the ground on a work platform on a drilling rig der rick. As the elevator carrying a joint of casing pipe was being raised, a bridle line snagged on an exposed bolt on the rig floor, causing the rig trucking bloc ks to be pulled off their vertical line of travel. When the line released, the w eight caused the blocks to swing to the backside of the derrick and then to the front, knocking Employee #1 off the work platform. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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