Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14397913 - Employee killed in fall from oil well servicing rig

Accident Summary Nr: 14397913 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 03/01/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109450551	03/03/1993	1389	0	Westbay Contracting Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a Westbay contract worker, was in the process of setting up a 90 ft (27.43 m) oil well servicing rig. The guy wires were in place and the rig's work platform was being secured. The work platform was being suspended from the catline and had already been secured on one side. Employee #1 had one foot resting on part of a 2 in. by 10 in. (5 cm by 25 cm) shoring plank that was protruding from the ground (part of the support system for the cellar). Mud and rain from thunderstorms caused Employee #1 to slip, lose his balance, and strike his head on the blowout preventer. He was killed when the rig's work platform swung toward him and pinned him against the blowout preventer, crushing his head.

Keywords: HEAD, PINNED, WORK RULES, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, CRUSHED, FALL, OIL WELL SERVICING, SLIPPERY SURFACE, SET UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109450551			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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