Accident Report Detail
Accident: 972034 - Employee Injured When Struck In The Face By Pipe Tongs
Accident: 972034 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/18/1991 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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105638654 | 08/19/1991 | 1381 | Grace Drilling Co | ||||
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
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 105638654 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Drillers, oil well |