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Accident Summary Nr: 200813012 - Employee Falls, Is Impaled by Debris and Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200813012 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 04/01/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313619512	04/01/2010	1381	213111	Robinson Drilling Of Texas, Ltd.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working a rig to cement casings. Two valves were stuck on the cementing tree and would not rotate to "open". The casing was pressured up to 3,000 pounds. Employee #1 went up on twelve-foot ladder to hammer the valves. The second blow by the sledge hammer caused the valve to explosively open, releasing pressurized water. The water struck Employee #1, causing him to fall. The union may have struck and destroyed the ladder. Employee #1 fell and was impaled on ladder debris and killed.

Keywords: IMPALED, STUCK, LADDER, CEMENTING, VALVE, FALL, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	313619512			Fatality	Cut/Laceration

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