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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232946

PORTABLE POWER TOOL,WING,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,EXPLOSION,SPARK,GASOLINE

Event
PORTABLE POWER TOOL,WING,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,EXPLOSION,SPARK,GASOLINE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14232946
Report ID
316700

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)

  1. #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. #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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