Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170724371 - Employee killed when struck by falling crane boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170724371 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/04/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125674390	02/05/1998	1381	0	Hexadyne Drilling Corp

Abstract: On February 4, 1998, Employee #1 and two coworkers were coiling slack cable during a routine dismantling of a natural gas drill rig. The three employees were standing on the horizontal, 28 ft tall wind wall of the derrick when the operator of a crane that belonged to a trucking company lost control due to mechanical failure. The boom moved down and to the left, striking Employee #1 in the head. He was killed. The boom continued moving in a semi-circle and ended up on the boom trailer and on a pick-up truck parked along a county road. Several other workers on the ground escaped injury. Employee #1 worked for a company that drilled natural gas wells for a gas production company.

Keywords: HEAD, DISMANTLING, CRANE BOOM, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, GAS WELL DRILLING, LOST CONTROL, MECH MALFUNCTION, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125674390			Fatality	Fracture	Helpers, extractive occupations

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