Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200643898 - Employee Is Killed When Caught Between Derrick, Rig Floor

Accident Summary Nr: 200643898 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 08/22/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311000251	08/23/2007	1381	213111	Southwest Oilfield Construction Company

Abstract: Rig employees were pulling tubing out of the hole through a Well Head Scanalog device when the tubing anchor unexpectedly got caught inside the machine causing the floor rig to rise up and catch Employee #1 between the derrick, tongues, and rig floor. Two other employees were thrown from the rig floor. Employee #1 was killed. The original report Injury line did not provide details on injury to the two employees thrown from the rig floor.

Keywords: DERRICK, EJECTED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TONGS, CONCUSSION, OIL RIG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311000251			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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