Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200811651 - One employee died, another injured at drilling rig

Accident Summary Nr: 200811651 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 11/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307002824	11/03/2003	1381	213111	Patterson-Uti Drilling Company

Abstract: On November 1, 2003, an employee and four coworkers were "tripping" pipe out of the well. The operator raised the traveling block too high causing the block to contact a wooden protection seal on the crown. A piece of the wood seal broke off, 12 by 12 by 36, and fell, striking the employee, a floor hand, on the head and killing him instantly. The brother of the employee, who was also working at the site, attacked the operator, cousin, with a hacksaw. The rig supervisor broke up the confrontation and the operator was treated at an emergency room and released.

Keywords: TRIPPED, STRUCK BY, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307002824			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Drillers, oil well

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