Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152449.015 - Employee is struck by falling object, dies next day

Accident Summary Nr: 152449.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 12/05/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1637373.015	12/05/2022		213111	Ensign United States Drilling Inc.

Abstract: At 12:05 a.m. on December 5, 2022, an employee was performing pipe tripping operations to remove the pipe from a newly dilled oil and gas well when the elevator on the top drive assembly made contact with a 24-inch by 24-inch flanged piece of monkey board extension and forced the hinges in the wrong direction. This caused the welds on the piece of monkey board extension to break away from the from the elevated work platform and fall to the floor from 85 feet above. The employee was struck in the head by the monkey board, suffered head and neck injuries, and died next day.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Drill Pipe, Elevated Work Platform, Elevator, Falling Object, Head, Neck, Platform, Removing, Struck Against, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1637373.015	19	M	Fatality		Drillers, oil well

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