Alert 04 – 40 Stabbing Board Incident Results in Fatality
Alert 04 – 40 Stabbing Board Incident Results in Fatality
WHAT HAPPENED:
While a joint of casing was being hoisted into the derrick, the rig’s traveling block contacted and dislodged the stabbing board platform causing it to fall. A rig worker standing on the stabbing board platform also fell, hitting the rig floor after his safety belt lanyard parted. He subsequently died.