OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14248215
RALPH L. TOY COMPANY
PETROLIA, PA·
Event description
Ignition in Drilled Hole Caused Blow-Back; Employee Killed
Investigation abstract
A drilling crew encountered difficulty at the 30-foot level when drilling into a n unknown combustible material. While the crew was extricating the drill bit the material in the hole ignited. The ensuing explosion, which erupted up the drill ed hole, killed employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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