Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201093671 - Employee Injured Working On Water Drilling Rig

Accident Summary Nr: 201093671 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 01/18/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126143858	01/24/2000	1781	0	Floyd Wells Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on January 18, 2000, Employee #1 was working on a water well drilling machine. A sanding case had become plugged and Employee #1 was taking off the cone to clean it out. Employee #1 had forgotten to turn off the pressurized mud line which had about 60 psi pressure. When Employee #1 got the cone off, the pressurized mud hit him in the chest and threw him back. Employee #1 fell with his head hitting the joint of a metal pipe on the machine. Employee #1 received a cut to the head and was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released.

Keywords: HEAD, SAND, DRILLING MUD, CLOGGED, LACERATION, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, STRUCK BY, PRESSURE RELEASE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		Under $50,000		50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126143858			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Drillers, earth	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Other

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