Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1921014 - Great Southern Oil & Gas Co Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Baton Rouge Area Office

Investigation Summary

EMPLOYEE #1, A FLOOR HAND ON A WORKOVER RIG, WAS INJURED WHEN FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE HAND LOADING A 4 1/2 INCH (OUTSIDE DIAMETER) WASH PIPE ONTO A FLAT BED TRUCK. ONE JOINT HAD ALREADY BEEN LOADED ONTO THE TRUCK. THE SECOND JOINT WAS RAISED BY THE EMPLOYEES, BUT NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE REAR OF THE FLAT BED. THE JOINT OF PIPE ALREADY LOADED SHIFTED AND FELL ACROSS THE BODY OF EMPLOYEE #1. HE LATER DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES HE SUSTAINED WHEN THE PIPE STRUCK HIM.

Keywords: CRUSHED, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, OIL WELL SERVICING, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD