Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68160.015 - Employee is struck by failed pump jack and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 68160.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 09/11/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
996609.015	09/19/2014		213112	Apache Packer Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on September 11, 2014, an employee was assisting in removing rods from an oil well for repair. An over rig was being used to raise the rods that were then transferred to a pump jack. As a rod was placed on the pump jack, with weights in the up position, some blocks fell and hit the pump jack. The brake to the pump jack failed, causing the pump jack to swinging down over the hole that they were raising the rods from and struck the employee. The employee suffered a head injury and was killed.

Keywords: Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Pump Jack Scaffold, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	996609.015	55	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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