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Accident: 201172525 - Employee Struck In Leg By Broken Survey Line

Accident: 201172525 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/21/2002
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12014496901/24/20031381Hexadyne Drilling Corp.
Employee #1 was working as a motorman for a company that drilled for natural gas. The survey equipment was used to keep the drilled hole in a vertical path during drilling. The survey equipment hoist line broke causing the survey system to fall. As the survey was being raised, it snagged the Bristol line. While attempting to clear the survey line from the Bristol line, the wind blew the survey line into the derrick, cutting the survey line while it was in the derrick. Employee #1's leg was fractured when the survey tool fell onto the drilling platform striking his leg.
Keywords: derrick, platform, surveyor, fracture, natural gas, drill rig--non-oil, struck by, leg
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 120144969 Hospitalized injury Fracture Drillers, earth

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