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OSHA revises account of how driller died

Anchorage Daily News online -- Associated Press

Published: April 13th, 2012 12:27 AM
Last Modified: April 13th, 2012 12:28 AM

NORTH SLOPE -- A Doyon Drilling Inc. supervisor killed Monday on an offshore drilling rig was working with two other employees to remove a door to a work area when he somehow got trapped between a pipe elevator and a wall on the rig, according to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

"He suffered some sort of traumatic injury and died as a result," said Dean Ikeda, a Seattle-based regional administrator for OSHA.

David James, 56, was working on Spy Island, a man-made gravel pad off Harrison Bay, in the Beaufort Sea.

The fatality remains under investigation. OSHA dispatched four investigators from Anchorage in its investigation of what happened and they will remain in the

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Submitted Apr 13, 2012 By: Nitewolf

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DrCashFlow Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:7,074 Points:1,628,200 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Apr 15, 2012 2:51:02 AM Ignore DrCashFlow Report Abuse Never trust OSHA. It has quotas.
52MPG Champion Author Dayton Posts:7,267 Points:1,742,680 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Apr 15, 2012 2:02:20 AM Ignore 52MPG Report Abuse Removing a door can get you killed? WOW.
jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,763 Points:592,720 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Apr 14, 2012 6:13:39 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse OSHA needs to step up their worker protections and inspections on these rigs.
doggod Champion Author Anchorage Posts:2,853 Points:742,335 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 3:05:21 PM Ignore doggod Report Abuse >>"He suffered some sort of traumatic injury and died as a result," said Dean Ikeda, a Seattle-based regional administrator for OSHA.<< Sounds pretty technical to me. No wonder we need a big, fat government agency with highly-paid bureaucrats. Ordinary folks like us would never be able to figure out that a guy died on account of "some sort of" injuries.
36_ACRES_4_SALE All-Star Author Appleton Posts:999 Points:338,815 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 2:29:09 PM Ignore 36_ACRES_4_SALE Report Abuse :(
Bernie516 Rookie Author Pittsburgh Posts:49 Points:112,955 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 1:21:50 PM Ignore Bernie516 Report Abuse Tragic accident. My heart goes out to his family.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,950 Points:753,185 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 12:58:34 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse God Bless his soul and and his family.
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,271 Points:2,372,345 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 12:55:10 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse another useless government agency, like the epa and doe
Yooperheart Champion Author Michigan Posts:3,425 Points:528,000 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 12:43:53 PM Ignore Yooperheart Report Abuse Our thoughts and prayers to his family..... :- (
leftyNJ Rookie Author New Jersey Posts:16 Points:5,665 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 12:14:21 PM Ignore leftyNJ Report Abuse Very sad. Prayers for his family
sjf238 Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:1,215 Points:647,955 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 12:05:24 PM Ignore sjf238 Report Abuse Very sad.
XxBeeMeexX Rookie Author Texas Posts:18 Points:11,150 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 11:51:39 AM Ignore XxBeeMeexX Report Abuse sad to hear of his death. Hope OSHA can prevent a similar death from happening
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,271 Points:2,372,345 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 11:35:33 AM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse another useless government agency, one of many.
Rehorsehay All-Star Author California Posts:871 Points:45,925 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2012 11:20:27 AM Ignore Rehorsehay Report Abuse Sad news.