Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1553480.015 - Lone Star Well Service, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Lubbock Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 11:30 a.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee was working on a team performing rigging down during well servicing. The employee heard a loud sound of the clevis striking an item in the derrick causing him to leave his current position to investigate. For unknown reasons, the employee slipped on the rig floor and fell into the drum area. Nothing was found to have struck the employee from above or from the rig floor and their was no height involved in the fall. But the employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Derrick, Derrick Platform, Drum, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Noise, Oil Rig, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Slip, Slippery Surface, Well Service Rig