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Penn Mechanical Group, Inc.

Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk — SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Penn Mechanical Group, Inc. in SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO
Employer Penn Mechanical Group, Inc. Report ID 2020010577
Address 66541 Country Club Rd. City, State ZIP SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO 43950
Event Date January 19, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk Body Part Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet Source of Injury Oil drilling rigs and machinery
Secondary Source Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 213111 Inspection # 1458792
GPS Coordinates 40.04000, -80.94000

Incident Narrative

Employees were working to remove a blow-out preventer (BOP) by dragging it with a tandem bed truck on the BOP skid from between two rig subs during rig-down operations. An employee was spotting the BOP skid as it was being pulled out by a tandem bed truck so it did not contact the rig sub's cylinders. He was standing on each side of the BOP skid directly beside the gas well cellar that the BOP had been removed from in order to watch the skid pass the cylinders and communicate with the bed truck operator as he pulled the skid away from the spotters. At the time, the well cellar guards had been removed from around the BOP, as is required to disconnect the BOP and lay it over on the skid. The employee stepped back into the cellar opening and fell 4 feet down onto a metal work platform and toe board, resulting in a broken collar bone, broken ribs, and a punctured lung.

Incident Summary

On January 19, 2020, a worker at Penn Mechanical Group, Inc. in SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO suffered internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk to the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet, with oil drilling rigs and machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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