OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234025
THE PRO-QUIP CORPORATION
PORT OF CATOOSA, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN ROLLED-OVER BY PRESSURE VESSEL
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was welding a stringer weld to attach a pressure vessel head to its cylinder. It had a combined weight of over 13 tons. The unrestrained vessel sat on turning rolls, slipped off the end of the rolls, stood on the head end, pivot ed to a smaller nozzle, fell over on its side and kept rolling. Employee #1 was passing through the area at that time. He tried to escape the rolling vessel, bu t hit a stand and fell to the floor into its path. The vessel crushed the Employ ee #1's legs and lower trunk killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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