| Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the John H. Taylor Funeral Home in Spencer for nineteen-year-old A.J. Murphy of Left Hand, who died Wednesday in an oil rig accident near Chapmanville.
Murphy drowned after getting trapped under a plastic liner in a natural gas drilling pit in Logan County, according to the sheriff's department.
Murphy was performing maintenance on the rig when he slipped into a basin.
He was employed by Indiana, Pennsylvania-based contractor SW Jack Drilling. The site, at Garrett's Fork along US Rt 119, is owned by Denver-based Energy Corporation of America.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection says the agency found no environmental violations on the site, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate further.
Murphy was the son of Peach Conley Murphy of Left Hand and Jim Murphy of Columbus, Ohio, and was a graduate of Roane County High School.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Heather Murphy of Left Hand; a half sister, Tammy Murphy of Columbus; and maternal grandmother, Goldie Whiting of Tariff.
He was preceded in death by a half brother, "Jimbo" Murphy.
Pastor Bill Jones will conduct the funeral with burial in the Jarvis-Conley Cemetery, Tariff. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
It was the second Roane County death related to drilling in the past two weeks.
John Matics, 27, of Spencer died October 23 from injuries he received October 18 at a well site near Matewan.
Matics was working on a service rig in Mingo County when he was struck in the head by a high pressure gas line, according to a state medical examiner's findings.
Matics was a tool pusher for Viking Well Service of Sissonville.
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