Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 83320.015 - Employee on drilling platform is killed after falling 120 fe

Accident Summary Nr: 83320.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 02/27/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1128566.015	02/27/2016		483211	Bay Bridge Texas, Llc

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on February 27, 2016, employees on the second level of a drilling platform (120 feet) were lifting a 40-45 foot steel cable that was 1 1/4 inches thick, onto the second level. the employees had coiled the cable and removed the slack in order to raise the cable to the third level. The other employees were crossing over the cable when it gave way over the rail, striking employee #1. Employee #1 fell 120 feet, striking the base of the platform. He was killed in the fall.

Keywords: Drill, Fall, Guardrail, Platform, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1128566.015	43	M	Fatality

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