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CHARACTERISTICS:
DONOR: Alberta Community and Occupational
Health
Occupational Health and Safety Division
JURISDICTION:
ALBERTA
REPORT TITLE: Fatality Investigation Data
Base
INFORMATION ABOUT DECEASED:
NAME: Confidential
SEX: Male AGE: 26
OCCUPATION: rock and soil
drilling
INDUSTRY:
drilling of oil and gas
wells
Industrial sector: mines, quarries and
oil
ACCIDENT INFORMATION:
DATE OF ACCIDENT:
Confidential
PLACE: LEGAL DESCRIPT AREA: Edmonton
region
NATURE OF INJURY:
asphyxia (suffocation/drowning) or
strangulation
TYPE OF ACCIDENT:
fall into bins, vats, kilns,
tanks, etc.
SOURCE OF INJURY:
boilers, pressure vessels
(incl. pressurized pipes, hoses)
chemicals (not coal/petroleum
products, hydrogen sulphide)
ACCIDENT
DESCRIPTION:
The deceased went from the dog-house to check
around the rig as his shift
started. He was found by a fellow
worker lying face down in a section of the
mud-tank. It is
presumed that he had removed a piece of metal grating (used
as
a cat-walk) in order to observe the fluid level and fell
into the tank.
INVESTIGATION:
DATE:
1978-08-23
UNSAFE ACT(S):
no unsafe act identified
UNSAFE
CONDITION(S):
improperly guarded, unguarded
INDIRECT
CAUSE(S):
other
EMPLOYER ACTION(S):
eliminate unsafe
conditions
OHSO ACTION(S):
issue a requisition or
order
OTHER'S ACTION(S):
safe-t-gram/bulletin issued by
OHSD, magazine publicity
REGULATION(S): 27076096
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