OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262604
LWD, INC.
CALVERT CITY, KY·
Event description
Employee injured in tank car explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had climbed onto an empty tank trailer to wash it out through the to rts--one outside and one inside the tanker. There were no witnesses and the empl oyee does not recall the accident. p hatch. The tank trailer was a stainless steel, chemically resistant, sparkproo f, dual coated 25 lb pressure vessel #307312, rated to haul flammables. The top hatch was approximately 10 feet above a concrete pad. The vehicle had contained alcohol and the vapors ignited. The flash vented through the hatch, knocking Emp loyee #1 off the vehicle to the ground. He sustained burns to the upper body, ha nds, and forearms, and a fractured leg. It appears that as Employee #1 leaned ov er the tank, his disposable cigarette lighter fell from his pocket through the h atch into the tank, igniting the flammable vapors. A lighter was found in two pa
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1536
- Task assigned
- 1
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