Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14392914 - STRUCK BY FALLING WASH PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 14392914 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/27/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1921014	03/28/1985	1381	0	Great Southern Oil & Gas Co Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A FLOOR HAND ON A WORKOVER RIG, WAS INJURED WHEN FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE HAND LOADING A 4 1/2 INCH (OUTSIDE DIAMETER) WASH PIPE ONTO A FLAT BED TRUCK. ONE JOINT HAD ALREADY BEEN LOADED ONTO THE TRUCK. THE SECOND JOINT WAS RAISED BY THE EMPLOYEES, BUT NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE REAR OF THE FLAT BED. THE JOINT OF PIPE ALREADY LOADED SHIFTED AND FELL ACROSS THE BODY OF EMPLOYEE #1. HE LATER DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES HE SUSTAINED WHEN THE PIPE STRUCK HIM.

Keywords: CRUSHED, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, OIL WELL SERVICING, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1921014			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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