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Accident Summary Nr: 14519706 - TRAVELLING BLOCK FELL TO RIG DECK, STRIKING TWO EMPLOYEES

Accident Summary Nr: 14519706 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/22/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101083277	07/09/1986	1381	0	Henley Drilling Company

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 8:50 PM ON JUNE 22, 1986, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING ON THE FLOOR OF DRILLING RIG #7. THE TRAVELLING BLOCK WAS RUN INTO THE CROWN BLOCK, CAUSING THE WIRE ROPES TO BREAK. THE TRAVELLING BLOCK FELL TO THE RIG FLOOR AND REBOUNDED INTO EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. HIS LEFT ARM WAS AMPUTATED ON SITE BY A DOCTOR WHO WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. EMPLOYEE #2 SUSTAINED SEVERAL ABRASIONS OF HIS LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL, DIED ON JULY 3, 1986.

Keywords: SHOULDER, TRAVELLING BLOCK, OIL WELL DRILLING, CROWN BLOCK, STRUCK BY, TWO-BLOCKING, ARM, FALLING OBJECT, OIL RIG, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101083277			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported
2	101083277			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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