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Accident Summary Nr: 14495402 - EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BY A FALLING SPREADER

Accident Summary Nr: 14495402 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 07/18/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106654098	07/20/1990	1381	0	F W A Drilling Co., Inc.

Abstract: THE CREW WENT TO THE LOCATION TO RIG DOWN FWA RIG 31. ALL OF THE CREWMEN WERE EXPERIENCED IN THAT EACH ONE HAD RIGGED DOWN MANY TIMES BEFORE. NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD WORKED ON THIS PARTICULAR RIG BEFORE. THE SUBSTRUCTURE CONSISTED OF TWO SECTIONS ON VERTICAL EXTENDERS THAT WERE CONNECTED BY FOUR SPREADERS. THE SPREADERS WERE MADE OF STRUCTURAL I-BEAMS. THEY SUPPORTED THAT PORTION OF THE RIG FLOOR ABOVE THEM. EMPLOYEE #1 REMOVED THE CONNECTING PINS FROM THE SPREADER, APPARENTLY THINKING THAT IT WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE. THE SPREADER FELL AND CRUSHED HIM AGAINST THE NORTH SUBSTRUCTURE SECTION.

Keywords: BEAM, PIN, OIL WELL DRILLING, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, SPREADER BAR, OIL RIG, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106654098			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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