Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14539332 - FELL FROM TOP OF DRILLING DERRICK

Accident Summary Nr: 14539332 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 10/06/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
217705359	05/10/1977	1381	0	Cardinal Drilling

Abstract: ON OCTOBER 6, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REMOVING THE TV ANTENNA FROM THE DERRICK CROWN ON RIG # 10. THE DERRICK CROWN IS APPROXIMATELY 140 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. A SLIDING COUNTERWEIGHT TYPE CLIMBING DEVICE EXTENDED UP THE DERRICK LADDER APPROXIMATELY 85 FEET TO THE DERRICK BOARD. ABOVE THIS LEVEL EMPLOYEE #1 HAD TO UNSNAP FROM THE SAFETY DEVICE AND CLIMB ABOUT 40 FEET ON UP TO THE CROWN. EMPLOYEE #1 REMOVED THE ANTENNA AND MAST, THEN FELL AT SOME POINT BETWEEN THE CROWN AND DERRICK BOARD. HE SUFFERED MASSIVE FRACTURES OF THE BACK AND FRONT OF HIS HEAD, A BROKEN LEFT LEG AND PUNCTURES AND CONTUSIONS TO THE SHOULDER AND CHEST AREA. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: DERRICK, OIL WELL DRILLING, SAFETY BELT, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	217705359			Fatality	Fracture	Helpers, extractive occupations

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