Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170894810 - Employee's knee injured when struck by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 170894810 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 03/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126208677	04/04/1997	1381	0	Western Drilling

Abstract: At approximately 6:00 p.m. on March 27, 1997, Employee #1, a derrickman with Western Drilling, Inc., was working with a crew to lay down drill collars on oil well drilling rig #48. Employee #1 was on the pipe walk, unhooking the drill collars and placing them for storage. A joint of 4 1/2 in. drill pipe was being stored in the V-door located between the floor of the drill rig and the pipe walk. While Employee #1 was bent over releasing the sling on the collars, the drill pipe came out of the V-door. He tried to dodge the pipe, but it struck him in the right knee, fracturing it.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, DERRICKMAN, UNSECURED, DRILL PIPE, OIL WELL DRILLING, CATWALK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, OIL RIG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126208677			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, extractive occupations

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