Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126209600	01/08/1998	1311	0	Pyramid 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	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126209600			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Helpers, extractive occupations

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