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Inspection: 123417628 - Amerada Hess
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Inspection Information - Office: Lubbock | ||||
| Nr: 123417628 | Report ID: 0627400 | Open Date: 03/11/1993 | ||
| Amerada Hess | ||||
| 20 Miles S.E. Off Hwy 349 Midland, TX 79701 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 1311/Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas | ||||
| Mailing: P.O.Box 840, Seminole, TX 79360 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Unprog Rel | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | Y | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 03/17/1993 | |
| Close Case: | 05/27/1993 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 360910467 | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
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| Summary Nr: 552166 | Event: 03/08/1993 | Employee Killed In Explosion And Fire At Oil Wellhead | ||||
| Employee #1 and seven coworkers were engaged in a well circulation procedure in preparation for a Railroad Commission H-5 test. They had been pumping saltwater down the hole for approximately 10 minutes when petroleum fluids and gases began to leak from the blowout preventer. Employee #1 and three coworkers immediately attempted to close the blowout preventer ram blocks using a hand wheel. When this failed to stop the leak, a coworker went for a cheater pipe and Employee #1 went for a 36 in. pipe wrench to increase the leverage and pressure on the ram blocks to obtain a seal. To reach the wrench on the east side of the workover rig, he went downwind and was starting through the area of released gases when an explosion and fire occurred, engulfing Employee #1, a tanker transport truck, and the workover rig and well. He sustained third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body and was killed. | ||||||
| Keywords: leak, flammable vapors, explosion, blowout--oil well, combustible liquid, burn, fire, natural gas, oil well servicing, wellhead | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
| 1 | 123417628 | Occupation Not Listed | ||||