OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251136
FOUR SEASONS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
GREENSBORO, NC·
Event description
Employees injured when gasoline tank explodes
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cutting a used, 8,000 gallon gasoline tank with an acetylene tor ch. Employee #2 was helping and performing fire watch. Sparks from the torch ign ited vapors from a nearby gasoline tank that had not been cleaned or purged, cau sing that tank to explode. Employee #1 sustained a leg fracture, and Employee #2 was burned. Both were hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 2
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