Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202486692 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Drill Rig

Accident Summary Nr: 202486692 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/06/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125822262	06/07/2008	1381	213111	Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc

Abstract: On June 6, 2008, Employee #1, who worked as a floor hand for a gas well drilling company, was assisting in setting the tong for a break on the kelly. Employee #1 was holding onto the tong, when the driller, Employee #2, accidentally activated the wrong lever on the drill rig, causing the rotating table to move. Because the snug line, which controlled the distance of tong movement, broke just before the accident, the tong was able to move to the pipe. Employee #1 was killed, when he was crushed between the tong and a six-inch metal pipe.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, KELLY BUSHING, CRUSHED, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, PIPE, TONGS, GAS WELL DRILLING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125822262			Fatality	Other	Drillers, oil well

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