OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297055
METROPOLITAN CONTRACTING CO., INC.
COLUMBIA, MD·
Event description
LEAKING ACETYLENE CYLINDER CAUSED SMALL FIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURNING OFF RAILINGS, USING AN OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE TORCH. HE LA ID THE OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE TANKS ON THEIR SIDES IN THE FRONT BUCKET OF A BACKHO E, THEN PLACED THE BACKHOE DIRECTLY UNDER THE PORCH HE WAS WORKING ON. A SMALL F IRE STARTED NEAR THE COUPLING LEADING TO THE ACETYLENE TANK'S REGULATOR. THE LOC AL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THE AREA WAS EVACUATED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CO OLED THE TANKS WITH WATER, THEN TOOK THE TANKS TO AN OPEN FIELD TO LET THE GAS D ISSIPATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
Victim
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
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- Part of body
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- Event type
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- Source
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- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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