Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 972034 - Employee injured when struck in the face by pipe tongs

Accident Summary Nr: 972034 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/18/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105638654	08/19/1991	1381	0	Grace Drilling Co

Abstract: A cathead valve fail to close all the way, causing the tongs to pop off a drilling pipe and strike Employee #1 in the face. He was hospitalized with facial lacerations.

Keywords: DRILL PIPE, OIL WELL DRILLING, LACERATION, VALVE, CATHEAD, STRUCK BY, TONGS, FACE, GAS WELL DRILLING, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105638654			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Drillers, oil well

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