Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14559959 - Employee dies after aspiring vomit

Accident Summary Nr: 14559959 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 11/13/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114623150	01/16/1991	1311	0	Polk Drilling Company

Abstract: On the morning of January 13, 1991, Employee #1 went to check his oil well. He had sometime earlier shut down the well due to cold weather. When Employee #1did not return, a family member went to investigate and found him dead, lying on the floor near the door of a treater house. The pumping unit had been started and oil had spilled from the 2 in. lines in the treater house. Employee #1 died from aspiring vomit, but the circumstances around his death remain unclear.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, OIL WELL DRILLING, INHALATION, SPILL, VOMIT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114623150			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors, extractive occupations

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