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Accident Summary Nr: 172091.015 - Employee dies from head, neck trauma when struck by falling

Accident Summary Nr: 172091.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 11/04/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1789733.015	11/05/2024		213112	Eastern Energy Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:28 p.m. on November 4, 2024, an employee working as an oil well driller for a company that provides oil and gas support services was holding onto a 90-foot section of pipe to be lowered into the ground. The bleeder valve that hung by a cable broke and fell 90 feet striking the employee on his right side. The employee died from blunt trauma to his head, neck and shoulders.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Broken, Broken Cable, Cable, Concussion, Drill, Drill Pipe, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal, Metal Pipe, Neck, Oil And Gas Support Services, Oil Well Drilling, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Oil Well Servicing, Pipe, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Skull, Struck By, Unsafe Position, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1789733.015	47	M	Fatality		Drillers, oil well

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