OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467120
SAN PATRICIO CORPORATION RIG #6
ENCINO, TX—
Event description
One killed, one injured when doghouse falls
Investigation abstract
At about 8:00 a.m. on June 14, 1984, Employee #1 was supervising rigging up oper ered injuries to his foot and shoulder as he moved out from under the doghouse. He was hospitalized, and released after a short time. ations on an oil and gas well drilling rig. Another supervisor arrived at the si te and started talking to Employee #1. They were both were standing underneath a 18 ft long by 8 ft wide by 7 1/2 ft high steel doghouse that had been raised ab out 16 ft to the level of the rig floor. The crane that lifted the building was released after the doghouse was fixed at the rig floor level. The doghouse was r esting on a skid that had to be moved several inches for the stairs and railings to be moved. When a truck began moving the skid unit, the doghouse fell 16 ft, striking Employees #1 and #2. Employee #1 was killed instantly; Employee #2 suff
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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