OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494199

DEILCO DIVISION OF SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC

ABILENE, TX— 1985-09-12T00:00:00

Event: CHAIN, WORK RULES, DRILL COLLAR, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HOIST, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2184117
Employer profile: DEILCO DIVISION OF SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC
Summary number: 14494199
Report ID: 627400

Event description

Employee killed when struck by drill collar

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers were using a 2-ton Yale hoist to lift a drill collar a nd move it away from the work area. Employee #1 wrapped his arms around the dril l and started pulling backward while a coworker was pushing forward. The chain l ink on hoist failed and the drill collar fell onto Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
20

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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