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Accident: 200641819 - Employee Killed In Fall From Derrick In Stormy Weather

**Accident: 200641819 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 03/15/2001**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303642003	03/16/2001	1381	P.W. Drilling Llc

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on March 15, 2001, Employee #1 was fatally injured when he fell approximately 108 ft with mask of a service rig. The rig collapsed after one of the guy anchors pulled loose from the ground because of winds from a storm. At the time of the accident, the crew was running the pipe back into the hole, and there were about 54 stands of pipe in the rack.

Keywords: anchor, high wind, collapse, guy, fall, derrick platform

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	303642003			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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