Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14219711 - Employee crushed to death by hoisted stairway

Accident Summary Nr: 14219711 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 02/23/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103485595	02/26/1990	1311	0	Loffland Brothers Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping position a metal stairway approximately 20 ft long. The stairway was being moved from one side of the oil drilling rig to another. The stairs were hoisted on a boom line (a manila rope) attached to a 1/2 in. wire rope that was connected to the stairs. As the stairs were being lowered into position, the manila rope gave way, allowing the stairs to fall. Employee #1 was fatally crushed.

Keywords: STAIR, ROPE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OIL WELL DRILLING, BROKEN CABLE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103485595			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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