Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 560326 - Employee dies after being struck on head in rig collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 560326 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 08/23/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123413965	09/02/1993	1381	0	Charles E. Bearden Drilling Corp.

Abstract: Employees, who were assigned to conduct drilling operations, were in the final phase of rigging-up. The crew had stabbed the kelly shuck into the rathole when the shuck jammed into something underneath the rig floor, causing the hoisting apparatus (drive bushing and holder) to disassemble and free-fall to the rig floor. The rig floor collapsed and the employees fell with it. Employee #1 apparently hit his head on the way down and was knocked unconscious. He died one week later.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, HOISTING MECHANISM, OIL WELL DRILLING, JAMMED, KELLY BUSHING, FALL, WORK PLATFORM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123413965			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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