Accident: 170062319 - Dies In Fall Through Floor Opening
At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Monday, June 21, 1993, Employee #1, a 38-year-old cement finisher, and a coworker were working alone on the second floor of a newly constructed addition to a manufacturing building. The concrete pour for half of the second floor, which measured 84 ft by 119 ft, had almost been completed and the two men were completing the finish on the fresh concrete. The remainder of the concrete subcontractor's crew of 13 men had descended to the first floor. Employee #1 was working with a bull float and apparently was backing up to an unguarded floor opening measuring 2 ft 8 in. by 18 ft 1 11/16 in. when he either tripped on the projecting edge and fell, or stepped, into the opening. He fell 16 ft 8 in. to a concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained head injuries and remained in a coma at the hospital until his death on Friday, July 2, 1993, at approximately 3:30 a.m. His coworker did not see what happened and there was no other eyewitness to the event.
construction, fall, floor opening, unguarded, work rules, inattention, walking backward, cementing
Accident: 170154751 - Contracts Tetanus After Stepping On Drill Bit
At approximately 7:30 p.m. on November 13, 1990, Employee #1 was finishing the cement on a curb when he stepped on a sharp piece of broken drill bit that was embedded and protruding from the poured concrete. The drill bit penetrated approximately 1 in. into his left foot. He removed his left shoe and sock and found that there was no bleeding. He then put his sock and shoe back on, removed the protruding piece of drill bit, and resumed work. Approximately 3 weeks later, he felt pain and soreness around his wound and could not move his jaw. On December 28, 1990, he was admitted to Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, CA. He was confined and kept in the ICU for treatment of tetanus, lock-jaw, and pneumonia. The employer was cited for violation of T8CCR 1573 (a) and 1523.
work rules, foot, cementing, construction, concrete form work, housekeeping, puncture
Accident: 14519391 - Fell 40 Feet From Elevator To Rig Floor
2292761 01/09/1986 1381 B J Titan Services Co
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A MEMBER OF A B. J. TITAN SERVICES COMPANY CEMENTING CREW WORKING AT THE EXXON COMPANY LABOKEY #1 WELL, LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 90, NEAR EDGERLY, LOUISIANA. THE CREW HAD ARRIVED AT SITE ON JANUARY 2, 1986, AT 6 AM TO BEGIN CEMENTING. SOME PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED GETTING THE WELL TO CIRCULATE. MOST OF TIME PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT HAD BEEN SPENT PRESSURIZING THE WELL TO GET WELL CIRCULATION. CEMENTING BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45 PM ON JANUARY 3RD. THE CEMENTING WAS MOSTLY DONE WHEN A PROBLEM DEVELOPED WITH THE NIPPLE ON THE MANIFOLD OF THE CEMENT HEAD. THE MANIFOLD WAS CHANGED AND VALVES WERE INSTALLED ON THE HEAD. CEMENTING BEGAN AGAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 11 PM. EMPLOYEE #1 AND A SUPERVISOR WERE UP IN THE DERRICK PREPARING TO INSERT A CEMENT PLUG IN THE CASING. THE SUPERVISOR WAS IN THE STABBING BASKET WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE ELEVATORS. HE WAS TRYING BACK A "D" PIN OUT OF THE HEAD SO THAT THE PLUG WOULD FALL INTO THE CASING. THERE WAS ABOUT 2,700 PSI AIR PRESSURE IN THE HEAD (NEEDED TO HELP FORCE THE PLUG INTO THE CASING). THERE WAS A SUDDEN BLOW OUT OF THE "D" PIN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KNOCKED FROM THE ELEVATOR TO THE RIG FLOOR, 40 FEET BELOW. HE WAS KILLED. THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT EFFECTIVELY TIED OFF AT HIS LOCATION.
fall, oil well servicing, high pressure, oil rig, cementing, fall protection, derrick, tie-off
