Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123430282 - Torch Operating Co., Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Austin Area Office

Inspection Nr: 123430282

Report ID: 0625400

Date Opened: 04/05/1993

Site Address:
Torch Operating Co., Inc.
3/4 Mi North Of La Grange
La Grange, TX 78945

Mailing Address:
1221 Lamar, Suite 1600, Houston, TX 77010

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1381

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/07/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/18/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360905954

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 774281

Event: 04/03/1993

Employee killed falling off drill pipe and collars

Employee #1 was on loan from another company, having been requested as an experienced worker with 20 years in the oil patch. His new supervisor told him to go out and work with the Red Adair people. Unknown to the Red Adair employees, Employee #1 entered an area where workers were picking up stacked drill pipe and collars with a forklift. One of the Red Adair employees did not see Employee #1 immediately, but then observed him climbing on a stack of collars and pipe. He tried to motion to Employee #1 to get down; talking or yelling was useless because of the noise of a blowout fire. The supervisor and a forklift driver then saw Employee #1 disappear behind the stack. The pipe and collars had started rolling and smashed Employee #1 in the chest. He was dead on arrival at the local hospital.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, OIL WELL DRILLING, CRUSHED, NOISE, BLOWOUT--OIL WELL, PIPE, INATTENTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123430282			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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