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Fatal oilfield accident

Waurika man dies in mishap

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A 27-year-old Waurika man was killed in an oil field accident Sunday in McClain County.

The McClain County Sheriff’s Department reported Shane Edward Louis Marshall was killed when a cement silo fell on him while he was in a basket of a man lift.

89 Energy was in the process of setting up a drilling site at 11279 190th Street. Equipment was being brought in including two cement silos.

One of the silos had been placed but it was in the wrong spot and needed to be moved. In the process, a chain became unattached from a silo and it fell over.

The victim was unable to escape, officials reported.

The fatal accident happened just after 2 p.m., according to lead investigator Detective David Tompkins.

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