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Accident: 14557318 - Employee Struck In The Chest By Lead Tongs Of An Oil Rig

Accident: 14557318 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 09/09/1984
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1496470409/11/19841381R G Drilling Co
ON RG DRILLING RIG #1, EMPLOYEE #1, A DRILLER, WAS TRYING TO TEACH THE MOTOR MAN HOW TO BECOME A DRILLER. HE WAS USING THE BACK-UP TONGS TO SHOW THE FLOOR HAND HOW TO HOLD THE LEAD TONGS. AT THIS TIME, THE MOTOR MAN, WHO IS LEFT-HANDED, PUSHED THE WRONG CONTROL. THE LEAD TONGS, HELD IN PLACE BY A SNUB LINE AT THE END, ROTATED TOWARD THE DRAWWORKS. THE PIPE GRIPS STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. THE PIPE GRIPS ON THE LEAD TONGS WERE NOT CONNECTED. THE LINE FROM THE CATHEAD IS CONNECTED TO A PULLEY NEAR THE END OF THE LEAD TONGS. WHEN THE CONTROLS WERE ACTIVATED AND POWER WAS SUPPLIED, THIS PULLEY CAUSED THE TONGS TO ROTATE.
Keywords: chest, oil well drilling, drawworks, cathead, pipe, struck by, tongs, pulley, oil rig, lead
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 14964704 Fatality Fracture Drillers, oil well

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