OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14306005
SOUTHERN TIN COMPRESS CORPORATION
MEMPHIS, TN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN SALVAGE PIT EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN A LARGE PIT UNDER A HYDRAUL IC PRESS IN A SALVAGE YARD. FUMES FROM ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, ISOBUTANE AND GASOLINE CONTAINERS HAD ACCUMULATED IN THE PIT AND WERE IGNITED WHEN MOLTEN METAL FROM A N OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING OPERATION FELL INTO THE PIT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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