OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259402
AREA PIPE INSPECTION INC
AMELIA, LA—
Event description
EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY BROKEN OILFIELD CASING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #3 WERE IN A PIPE STORAGE YARD TESTING AN OILFIELD CASING. THE CASING WAS 46 FEET, 3 INCHES LONG, 9 5/8 INCHES IN DIAMETER (O.D.), WEIGHED 53.5 POUNDS PER FOOT AND WAS GRADE LS 125. THEY WERE USING A MCFARLAND P68 HYDRO STATIC TESTING UNIT. WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS BROUGHT UP TO 11,300 PSI, THE CASING SPLIT APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET LONG AT THE SEAM. THE PIPE JUMPED SIDEWAYS APPROXIMAT ELY 24 FEET, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, EMPLOYEE #2 ACROSS THE BACK AND L ANDING ACROSS EMPLOYEE #3'S LOWER LEGS. THERE WAS A 3/8 INCH STEEL ALLOY SAFETY CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND ONE END OF THE PIPE. THE HIGH PRESSURE IN THE CASING BROKE THE CHAIN AND ALLOWED THE CASING TO SPLIT.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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