Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 69007.015 - Employee Impaled By Falling Pipe And Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 69007.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 11/09/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1007473.015	11/10/2014		213111	Discovery Drilling

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on November 9, 2014, an employee was guiding the path of the test pipe as it began being pulled across the drilling deck using an anchored rope. The employee was standing under the pipe as it was being carried on an elevator and the pipe slipped off the elevator. It fell approximately 16 feet and impaled the employee in the back of their head, killing them from a fractured skull.

Keywords: Brain, Fracture, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Pipe, Skull, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1007473.015	33	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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