OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548036

UNION OIL CO OF CALIFORNIA

PRUDHOE BAY, AK— 1984-04-17T00:00:00

Event: EJECTED,WORK RULES,DRILL PIPE,OIL WELL DRILLING,STRUCK AGAINST,ENTANGLED,ROTARY RIG,LEG
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Unprogrammed Related
Activity number: #14572796
Employer profile: UNION OIL CO OF CALIFORNIA
Summary number: 14548036
Report ID: 1050210

Event description

Employee killed when flung into drill pipe

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 stepped onto a rotary table. His right leg became entangled in the p ipe slip handle and he was flung into the drill pipe located in the mousehole. E mployee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
2

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