Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1789733.015 - Eastern Energy Services, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Jackson Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 10:28 p.m. on November 4, 2024, an employee working as an oil well driller for a company that provides oil and gas support services was holding onto a 90-foot section of pipe to be lowered into the ground. The bleeder valve that hung by a cable broke and fell 90 feet striking the employee on his right side. The employee died from blunt trauma to his head, neck and shoulders.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Broken, Broken Cable, Cable, Concussion, Drill, Drill Pipe, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal, Metal Pipe, Neck, Oil And Gas Support Services, Oil Well Drilling, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Oil Well Servicing, Pipe, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Skull, Struck By, Unsafe Position, Valve