OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14492961

MIDCO DRILLING CO INC

SPEARMAN, TX— 1984-07-25T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OIL WELL DRILLING, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1368356
Employer profile: MIDCO DRILLING CO INC
Summary number: 14492961
Report ID: 627400

Event description

Employee killed when struck by automatic pipe racker stand

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was bolting up the head in the cellar when a coworker, who was stand ing on the automatic pipe racker, disconnected the attached wire line. The autom atic pipe racker stand fell. Employee #1 was crushed and killed as he attempted to escape.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
14

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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