Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 56948.015 - Employee is crushed by oil derrick and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 56948.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 01/18/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
955532.015	01/19/2014		213111	Precision Drilling Corporation

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on January 18, 2014, an employee was performing a rig up operation of the substructure (derrick tower). The employee used a 12 pound sledge hammer to remove the 8 inch x 3 inch diameter pin from the left crown support bracket and when the pin was removed the right crown support bracket failed. The middle section of the derrick dropped approximately 16 inches crushing employee to death. The employee was caught between the truck bed and derrick and killed.

Keywords: Caught In, Crushing, Oil Well Servicing, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Suspended Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	955532.015	62	M	Fatality

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