OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232946
PORTABLE POWER TOOL,WING,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,EXPLOSION,SPARK,GASOLINE
Event description
One employee killed, one injured in explosion
Investigation abstract
An employee was sawing an airplane wing into sections with a portable gasoline-o perated hand saw and created a spark that caused an explosion of the gasoline va pors in the wing fuel tank section. Employee #1 died and Employee #2 was hospita lized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 1
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 1
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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