OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241194
WHEEL,HEAD,PRESSURE VESSEL,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
THROWN FROM OVERTURNING PRESSURE VESSEL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING INSIDE A 12 FOOT 6 INCH DIAMETER, 13 FOOT LONG METAL PRE ROM THE SEVERE INJURIES RECEIVED TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. SSURE VESSEL. HE WAS MARKING THE INSIDE OF THE VESSEL TO INDICATE WHERE TUBING W AS TO BE INSTALLED. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD A PENDANT CONTROL TO MANIPULATE THE ROLLERS UPON WHICH THE VESSEL WAS LYING. HE WAS ROLLING THE VESSEL AS HE WORKED. THE VES SEL WAS VERY HEAVY AT ONE END BECAUSE A HEAD HAD BEEN INSTALLED. AS A RESULT OF THIS WEIGHT IMBALANCE, THE VESSEL MOVED TOWARD THE HEAVY END WHEN IT WAS ROLLED. WHEN THE VESSEL ROLLED PAST ITS CENTER OF GRAVITY, THE OPEN END ROSE AND THE VE SSEL FELL OFF OF ITS ROLLERS. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE OPE N END, WAS THROWN FROM THE PRESSURE VESSEL AGAINST AN ADJACENT VESSEL. HE DIED F
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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