RICHLAND COUNTY MAN KILLED

death-investigation

A Richland County man is dead after a fatal oilfield rig accident in White County. Reports indicate that 20 year old Joesph Musgrave of Noble was killed in the mishap in a rural area south of Carmi. A crew from Consolidated Drilling Service out of Terre Haute Indiana was working pulling drill pipe and laying it in a tub when the elevator line broke causing a drill stem collar to fall to the rig floor and hit Musgrave. He was taken to Hamilton County Hospital in McLeansboro and pronounced dead of his injuries. Investigation by safety officials into the fatal incident is continuing.