Injuries - 1995
 

Remarks: Floor hands were pulling 1" wash pipe up to ~60' when the top piece of wash pipe caught on Top-Drive of rig. Three floor hands tried to free wash pipe. The T-bar clamp slipped off the pipe. The wash pipe fell back into the hole, striking one floorhand in the hip and the other on the forehead on the way down. The floorhand that was hit in the hip was evacuated to the hospital for treatment, whereas the second floorhand was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
 

Remarks: A worker caught his finger between the pad-eye of the Safeguard Tank and the sling shackle of the crane line while unloading a workboat. Part of his finger was cut off. He was flown to a medical center for treatment.
 

Remarks: A worker dislocated and fractured his right ankle while assisting in the crane operation.
 

Remarks: An employee pinched his hand between a christmas tree and an iron basket while attempting to remove a nylon sling.
 

Remarks: A worker was swinging onto the platform and, in the process, split his left knee open to the bone.
 

Remarks: A worker climbed an extension ladder that was set up against a well. He leaned out to tighten a fitting and the ladder slipped. He fell with the ladder approximately 6' striking his knee on the deck or a ladder rung.
 

Remarks: A worker's back started to hurt after carrying a fax machine to the bunk house.
 

Remarks: An air conditioning unit fell and pinned a worker against a weight machine, injuring his upper left arm.
 

Remarks: An employee was working on a compressor when he pulled a muscle in his shoulder.
 

Remarks: A welder helper received minor burns between his thumb and forefinger while welding a flange.
 

Remarks: A worker was suspended in the derrick in a riding belt attached to a hoist line hammering loose a bull plug. The plug suddenly came off and struck him in the hip/groin area. Immediately it was discovered that he was bleeding from the hip/groin area. First aid was administered before he was transported to the hospital to undergo surgery for his injuries.
 

Remarks: A rig hand was changing the Kelly line. While hammering on a plug, the plug hit the worker's hip resulting in a fractured bone.
 

Remarks: A worker responded to an alarm on the compressor platform. Upon arrival, the worker heard a blowing sound. The gas detector had tripped. Upon investigation, he found gas blowing from the No.6 cylinder on the TVS compressor. The gas ignited giving the worker 1st degree burns on his hands, ears, and face. The ESD device was tripped to shut down all operations. The fire alarm was also activated. The main fire was extinguished within 5 minutes with dry chemical, CO₂, and water. Smaller fires were extinguished and the area secured within 45 minutes.
 

Remarks: An employee fell off the stairs and fractured his left arm.
 

Remarks: While an employee was cleaning the top of the Emergency light in the galley, the chair he was standing on slid from underneath him.
 

Remarks: While laying down drill pipe out the V-door, a joint fell off of the catwalk. While picking up the pipe with an air tugger, a roustabout's fingers were severed between the pipe and the edge of the V-door.
 

Remarks: An operator was climbing down a 6' ladder from the wellbay to the cellar deck. His left foot slipped off the second rung from the top, and he landed on the deck in an awkward position.
 

Remarks: A section of chicksan from the blowdown tank was being rerouted to a high-pressure pump. The piping was in the process of being connected to the pump when the SSV on the well slowly opened. The release of pressure caused the chicksan joint to whip around the deck striking a wireline operator and helper both involved in rerouting the piping. It damaged the wireline unit and jackup boat. A technician at this time heard air bleeding at the wellhead and tried to close the manumatic surface safety valve, which didn't respond quickly, and finally closed the manual master valve. First aid was administered and preparations were made to air lift the injured to a hospital.
 

Remarks: A flash fire occurred on test separator while rusted bolts were being removed on the condensate / oil discharge line. A welder's cutting torch was being used to remove the bolts when trapped condensate was released causing a flash fire. The cutting operator suffered 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns. All operations were immediately shut down and first aid administered to the victim.
 

Remarks: While removing retaining pins from the production riser, the tensioner shifted, entrapping his hand.
 

Remarks: While tightening bolts on the flare line flange on the +10 level near the platform leg, an 18# piece of angle iron fell from a position above two workers (operator and roustabout), striking one. The operator, who suffered a fractured skull was knocked into the Gulf. The roustabout, who suffered a fractured right hand and cuts on his right forearm, attempted to assist his coworker until help could arrive. The roustabout was unaware of how his hand got fractured. The operator was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
 

Remarks: Worker was in the process of wiping oil from the generator drip pan with a rag. His right hand sustained lacerations and a possible broken middle finger when his hand and the rag became tangled in the fan blades.