Accident Report Detail

Accident: 202315578 - Employee'S Skull Fractured When Struck By Falling Object

**Accident: 202315578 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/20/2005**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
301325353	10/21/2005	1381	Salinas Pump Company

On October 20, 2005, Employee #1 was performing an initial set-up of a pump rig for a well drilling operation. A tension weight, weighing 35 pounds, was 30 ft above the ground from the main line of a truck mounted derrick. The weight detached and fell, striking Employee #1 in the head. He was hospitalized with a fractured skull.

Keywords: derrick, fracture, head, well, drill rig--non-oil, struck by, falling object, crane

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	301325353			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth

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