Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14535363 - STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY FALLING HINGED FLOOR SECTION

Accident Summary Nr: 14535363 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 06/28/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
641589	06/28/1985	4213	0	Hi-Line Trucking
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
641613	06/28/1985	1381	0	Noble Drilling

Abstract: THE EMPLOYEES WERE WALKING ADJACENT TO A HINGED FLOOR, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 10,000 POUNDS, WHICH WAS SECURED IN THE VERTICAL POSITION BY A SINGLE LOG CHAIN. THE HOOK ON THE CHAIN WAS SECURED BY A PIN WHICH IN TURN WAS SECURED BY A COTTER PIN. THE COTTER PIN SHEARED OFF, ALLOWING THE LARGER PIN TO SLIP OUT OF THE HOOK. THE HINGED FLOOR SECTION FELL ON THE EMPLOYEES, CRUSHING THEM.

Keywords: CHAIN, COTTER PIN, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, OIL RIG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	641589	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	641589	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
3	641613			Occupation Not Listed

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