OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494660
PRIDE OILWELL SERVICE OF OKLAHOMA INC
EILNO, OK—
Event description
STRUCK BY FLYING WIRE STRANDS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE MEMBERS OF A FOUR MAN CREW SERVICEING AN OIL WELL, TRYI ICING RIG WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1980 BY THE M & M MOBILE RIG COMPANY. THE RIG FLOO R WAS 12 BY 14 FEET. ALL EMPLOYEES ON THE RIG FLOOR WERE WORKING AT THEIR ASSIGN ED JOBS. NG TO RESTORE PRODUCTION. THE RIG OPERATOR HAD PICKED UP A JOINT OF PIPE AND RAI SED IT ABOUT TWENTY FEET UP INTO THE DERRICK WHEN THE DEAD END OF THE DRILL LINE PULLED THROUGH THE DOG KNOT, RELEASING THE 1 INCH DIAMATER DRILL LINE. THE LINE BEGAN TO UNWRAP FROM THE DEAD END SPOOL. THE UNWRAPPING ACTION, WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE BLOCKS AND LINE, CAUSED THE LINE END TO FRAY AND BREAK OFF 4 TO 6 INCH P IECES OF SINGLE WIRE STRANDS. THESE PIECES WERE THROWN WITH GREAT FORCE IN EVERY DIRECTION. ONE PIECE OF WIRE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST AND PUNCTURED HIS HEART. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT HIP BY A SINGLE WIRE STRAND. THE SERV
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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