OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535058
POOL WELL SERVICING CO
ALEXANDRIA, ND—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM OIL DERRICK
Investigation abstract
THE CREW CHIEF OF AN OIL WORKOVER RIG HAD CLIMBED UP THE OIL DERRICK TO MOVE THE GERONIMO LINE TO THE TUBING BOARD. APPARENTLY HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPR OXIMATELY 50 TO 55 FEET TO THE RIG DECK BELOW. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT WEARING A SAF ETY BELT OR LINES, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE AVAILABLE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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