OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557482
AZTEC WELL SERVICING INC
AZTEC, NM—
Event description
STRUCK BY SWINGING DRILL COLLAR
Investigation abstract
THE DRILL CREW HAD BEEN REMOVING THE DRILL STRING FROM AN OIL AND GAS WELL PRIOR TO RUNNING CASING. THE CREW WAS REMOVING THE DRILL COLLARS A UNIT AT A TIME. TH E COLLAR WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE ELEVATORS, AND THE FREE END WAS ATTACHED BY A SL IP LINE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO A PNEWMATIC WINCH. THE FREE END HAD BEEN PULLED TO THE V-DOOR WHEN THE SLIP LINE CAME LOOSE FROM THE HOOK. THE COLLAR SWUNG BACK T OWARDS THE ROTARY TABLE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND SHOUL DER. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WARNED NOT TO STAND NEAR THE ROTARY TABLE UNTIL THE E ND OF THE COLLAR HAD BEEN LOWERED BELOW THE FLOOR LEVEL AND OUT THE V-DOOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 614
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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