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Accident Summary Nr: 201091352 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN WELL HEAD FELL ON HIS LEG

Accident Summary Nr: 201091352 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 09/30/1997
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12620960001/08/199813110Pyramid Oil Company

Abstract: At 12:55 p.m. on September 30, 1997, Employee #1 of Pyramid Oil Company was in the process of helping to shut down an abandoned oil well. Employee #1 was in a pit five feet below ground level cutting a seven foot casing and wellhead. The upper part of the casing separated and the casing and wellhead, weighing approximately 500 pounds, fell on Employee #1's left leg and ankle. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, where he was hospitalized over 30 days.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, WELLHEAD, ANKLE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 126209600 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Helpers, extractive occupations

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