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Accident Summary Nr: 14241160 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING OIL PUMP ARM ASSEMBLY

Accident Summary Nr: 14241160 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 01/07/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103645024	01/08/1987	7692	0	Wright Brothers Welding & Machine, Inc.

Abstract: AT 9:30 AM ON JANUARY 7, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE DISMANTLING AN OIL FIELD PUMP FOR SUBSQUENT RETURN TO THE OWNER. THE CREW REMOVED THE TOP PUMP ARMS AND HEAD ASSEMBLY USING A POLE FRAME WRENCH TRUCK AND PLACED THE ARM ASSEMBLY ON THE GROUND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE WORK AREA. THE PUMP ARM ASSEMBLY WAS LEFT IN AN UNSTABLE POSITION ON SLOPING GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT BETWEEN THE ARM ASSEMBLY AND THE REAR OF THE TRUCK WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE TRUCK CAB. THE PUMP ARMASSEMBLY FELL OVER, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED.

Keywords: CHEST, OIL WELL SERVICING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, PUMP, OIL RIG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103645024			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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