Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201283116 - Employee Is Killed in Fall Into Open Well

Accident Summary Nr: 201283116 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 02/07/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312524770	02/09/2009	1799	238990	Quality Drilling Services Llp

Abstract: On February 7, 2009, Employee #1 was working for Quality Drilling Services, LLP. He was assisting a worker from Tri Con Works, LP, with removing the protective cover from a methane gas recovery well. The well had been drilled two days earlier and was being abandoned because it was not deep enough. The well was 66 ft deep and had 6 to 8 ft of liquid leachate in the bottom of it. The Tri Con Works worker removed a protective metal well grate. Employee #1 removed the plywood cover and fell into the unprotected well. He was killed.

Keywords: GAS WELL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, DROWN, GAS WELL DRILLING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		66	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312524770			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 66 feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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