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Inspection Information - Office: Ca Van Nuys | ||||
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| Nr: 310201637 | Report ID: 0950643 | Open Date: 05/21/2008 | ||
| Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. | ||||
| Elk Hills Kern County, CA 93268 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 1381/Drilling Oil and Gas Wells | ||||
| NAICS: 213111/Drilling Oil and Gas Wells | ||||
| Mailing: 2221 Sturgis Rd., Ste. D, Oxnard, CA 93030 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 05/21/2008 | |
| Close Case: | 12/31/2008 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 102540069 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Current Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $18,000 | $0 | $0 | $5,560 | $0 | $23,560 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,900 | $0 | $5,900 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Other | 342 A | 10/28/2008 | 10/31/2008 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Other | 14300029 A | 10/28/2008 | 11/17/2008 | $300 | $375 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 01003 | Other | 6511 | 10/28/2008 | 10/31/2008 | $0 | $185 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 02001 | Other | 3650 T | 10/28/2008 | 11/17/2008 | $600 | $18,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 202466637 | Event: 04/26/2008 | Employee Is Injured When Pinned By Forklift | ||||
| At approximately 11:30 p.m. on April 26, 2008, Employee #1 was working as a floorhand at a large international oil drilling company, where he had been employed for less than six weeks. Floorhand duties included running pipe and performing most manual labor on the floor. Employee #1 was performing a regularly assigned task that was within his scope of work. He was using a forklift to transport bags of barite stacked on a pallet from one location to another on site. Employee #1 was loading the bags manually on top of a pallet that was resting on the tines. After making final adjustments, Employee #1 walked through a narrow space separating the forklift and wall of the outbuilding. Apparently, Employee #1 contacted a lever control, and the movement caused the forklift to go into reverse. As it did, it pinned Employee #1 between the large wheels of the forklift and wall of the outbuilding. Coworkers turned off the forklift and pulled Employee #1 out of a cramped position. Employee #1 sustained fractures to his left hip and left ankle. A local ambulance company transported Employee #1 to Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, California, and he was hospitalized for four days. The office manager notified the Division about the accident at 10:08 a.m. on April 29, 2008. Employee #1, three fellow workers, the health and safety specialist, the drilling superintendent, and the operations manager were interviewed. Employee #1 had been working in proximity to other workers, but none saw the accident occur. The investigation concluded that Employee #1 dismounted the forklift to make adjustments, while leaving the engine running, forks raised beyond 42 inches, and transmission in neutral. As a result, the Division issued one serious accident-related, one general, and two regulatory citations. | ||||||
| Keywords: wheel, fracture, wall, pinned, equipment operator, industrial truck, struck by, hip, ankle | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 310201637 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Drillers, oil well | ||