Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14411284 - Four employees injured by falling oil well apparatus

Accident Summary Nr: 14411284 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 04/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123627440	04/14/1999	1389	0	Tetra Applied Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 through #4 were working on a mobile, truck-mounted drilling rig. They were pulling joints when the dead end of the hoisting line came loose and slipped through three wire rope U-clips. This caused the elevator to strike the casing tongs and the casing tongs to strike the rig floor, knocking everything down. Employees #1 through #4 were struck by the falling oil well toolings; all four sustained injuries, for which Employees #1 through #3 were hospitalized.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OIL WELL SERVICING, STRUCK BY, TONGS, FALLING OBJECT, OIL RIG, HOISTLINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123627440	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	123627440	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
3	123627440	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
4	123627440	Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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