Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68815.015 - Employee is struck by gate valve and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 68815.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 10/21/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1005350.015	10/23/2014		213111	Cyclone Drilling, Inc

Abstract: At 7:00 p.m. on October 21, 2014, an employee was re-attaching a 2 inch high pressure flexible fill line hose to the unpressurized side of a gate valve, when the 2 inch gate valve separated from a 2 inch pipe nipple containing 2,800 pounds of drilling fluid . The pressurized gate valve struck the employee in the head and he was killed from his injuries. The pressurized side of the gate valve was 2,800 pounds. This gate valve weighed approximately 70 pounds. The gate valve was manufactured and tested in China to strict National Oilwell Varco (NOV) standards.

Keywords: Accidental Discharge, Head, Pressure Piping, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1005350.015	34	M	Fatality		Drillers, oil well

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