Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 92163.015 - Employee is overcome by well oil and gas extraction gases

Accident Summary Nr: 92163.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 01/09/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1202829.015	01/12/2017		211111	Kinder Morgan Production Company, Llc

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on January 9, 2017, an employee was working for a firm engaged in crude petroleum and natural gas extraction. He was testing the level in a well through the use of an "EKO gun." The employee connected the EKO gun to shoot the level ("check the well level"). When he cranked a two-section ball valve, a few threads slipped out. The valve split open and sprayed gas onto the employee. The well gases included hydrogen sulfide, methane, and so forth. The employee was overcome by the gases, but he was not suffocated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Gas Well, Gas Well Drilling, Hydrogen Sulfide, Methane, Oil Well Drilling, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Oil Well Servicing, Toxic Fumes

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1202829.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Meter readers

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