OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14492789
SHARP DRILLING COMPANY
STANTON, TX—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR BALES AND BRAKE LEVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR BALES AND THE BRAKE LEVER AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THEM. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JULY 30, 1 984. THE EMPLOYEE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1984. THE RIG, #48, WAS OWNED AND OPERATE D BY THE SHARP DRILLING COMPANY OF MIDLAND, TEXAS. APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET OF PIP E HAD BEEN LOWERED INTO THE 12,000 FOOT HOLE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE BRA KES WERE UNABLE TO STOP THE STRING OF PIPE THAT WHICH WAS BEING LOWERED. THE ELE VATORS CAME DOWN AND HIT THE SPRING LOADED SLIPS. THE BALES FOLDED OVER THE BRAK E LEVER, WHICH CAUGHT AND PINNED EMPLOYEE #1. THE TRAVELING BLOCKS FOLDED OVER T OWARD THE OFF-OPERATOR SIDE, COMING TO REST ON THE DRILL PLATFORM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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