OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198238
AIR RECEIVER,SPINE,RUPTURE,HIGH PRESSURE,VALVE,NECK,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,PRESSURE RELEASE
Event description
AIR RECEIVER RUPTURED; END PIECE STRUCK AND KILLED WORKER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO A DIESEL TRUCK REPAIR SHOP ON A SATURDAY TO BORROW A PORTABL MPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. THE EMPLOYER ALLOWED HIS EMPLOYEES TO DO PERSON AL WORK ON THEIR OWN TIME AT THE WORK SITE. E AIR RECEIVER FOR HIS PERSONAL USE. WHILE IN THE SHOP HE STARTED TO FILL THE AI R RECEIVER WITH AIR FROM A LARGE COMPRESSOR/RECEIVER. HE WAS BENDING OVER, OR KN EELING ON THE FLOOR OVER, THE PORTABLE AIR RECEIVER, HOLDING AN AIR CHUCK ON THE VALVE STEM WHILE FILLING THE TANK. ONE END OF THE AIR RECEIVER RUPTURED. THE TA NK END PIECE CAME OFF UNDER PRESSURE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE NECK, SEVERI NG HIS SPINAL CORD. THE AIR RECEIVER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A SPRING LOADED RELIE F VALVE; NOR DID IT HAVE A DRAIN PIPE AND VALVE. APPROXIMATELY 140 PSI OF AIR WA S BEING CHARGED INTO THE TANK FROM A COMPRESSOR/RECEIVER OPERATING AT 190 PSI. E
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 507
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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