OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413066
CACTUS DRILLING CORP
Fort Stockton, TX—
Event description
One employee killed, two injured when struck by tongs
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the lead tong man; Employee #2, the motor man; and Employee #3, a d riller; were all floorhands of a crew that was tripping out of the hole at drill ing rig #64. The top of the tongs slipped down on the clockwise-rotating drill p ipe, snapping the snub line and causing the tongs to fly out. The tongs struck t he floorhands, killing Employee #1 and injuring Employees #2 and #3. Employee #2 was hospitalized.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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