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Gas worker dies in accident at well pad

Westfield Free Press-Courier

Gas worker dies in accident at well pad

By Cheryl A. Clarke cclarke@tiogapublishing.com Nov 1, 2018

A natural gas worker at an active well pad in Middlebury Township died early Saturday morning, Oct. 27, after a large piece of equipment fell on him, pinning him to the platform 65 feet in the air where he was standing.

According to chief county coroner Dr. James Wilson, Mark Jones, 54, of Kansas, was pronounced dead just after 3 a.m. of blunt force trauma to the head after he had been transported to the Soldiers + Sailors Memorial Hospital emergency department by Middlebury and Wellsboro first responders.

“He was on top of the rig … and he was up on the platform and part of it came apart and fell on him and pinned him to the platform he was standing on,” Wilson said.

Though Jones was pronounced dead at the hospital, Wilson said he believed the victim died at the scene.

The gas well pad is operated by Shell Appalachia; Jones was an employee with Deep Well Services, 895 Cummings Creek Road, Middlebury Township.

Deep Well Services issued the following statement: “At approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, during routine operations on a well site in Tioga County, an incident fatally injured a Deep Well Services employee. We are deeply saddened by this loss and our thoughts are with the employee’s family and loved ones. The safety of our employees is our highest priority and we are working with authorities to determine the incident’s cause. Deep Well Services is making all efforts – as we always do – to ensure our employees are safe across our operations.”


Owner of originalHarvey County Genealogical Society
Date1 Nov 2018
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