Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 30755.015 - Employee is strangled and killed when shirt is caught in rot

Accident Summary Nr: 30755.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 10/01/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
665178.015	10/02/2012		213112	Clarke Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on October 1, 2012, Employee #1, a derrick hand, and coworkers were replacing a pump on an oil well. Employee #1 was in a rod basket, approximately 50 feet above the rig floor, using an air powered lift to move 50 metal rods and placing them into a rotating unit on the rig floor. His shirt became entangled around the upper end of the rod he was moving and it wrapped tightly around his chest and neck, strangling him.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Crushed, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Rotating Parts, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	665178.015	35	M	Fatality		Helpers, extractive occupations

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