OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399869
EAGLE TRUCKING CO A TEXAS CORP
BECKVILLE, TX—
Event description
Employee Fell from Mud Tank and Struck Head on Plank
Investigation abstract
Employees of a drilling company were disconnecting the flow line on a mud tank a s a part of rigging-down operations. Employee #1, who worked for a trucking comp any, started vehemently arguing with the employees on the mud tank. Employee #1 then climbed to the top of the mud tank and took a swing at one of the employees there. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, striking his head behind the left ear on the corner of a 2-in. by 12-in. plank that protruded from under the mud tank. He was transported to the hospital, but died 2 days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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