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Accident: 14485452 - Employee Killed When Struck By Hoisting Chain

Accident: 14485452 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 11/05/1989
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10690972411/07/19891381Ramco Drilling, Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10765014501/03/19901381Ramco Drilling, Inc.
Employee #1 attached a hoisting chain to a drilling collar pipe. The chain was attached to the catline winch. The collar was being lifted when the chain broke and struck Employee #1 in the head and killed him. The drilling rig was a Franks Explorer III used in a gas well drilling operation.
Keywords: chain, head, gas well, hoist, struck by, concussion, mech malfunction
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 106909724 Fatality Concussion Occupation not reported
2 107650145 Occupation Not Listed

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