OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14306146
STAID PIPELINE COMPANY INC
CORDOVA, TN·
Event description
STRUCK BY BLAST OF COMPRESSED AIR FROM AN OIL PIPELINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN A BLAST OF COMPRESSED AIR FROM A GAS PIPELINE STRUCK HIM. A COMPRESSOR WAS STARTED TO FILL THE PIPELINE WITH COMPRESSED AIR IN AN EF FORT TO PUSH OUT A "PIG." WHEN THE PIPELINE SUDDENLY CLEARED, THE EMPLOYEE WAS S TILL IN THE WAY AND WAS KILLED. THE AREA SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEARED BEFORE THE COM PRESSOR WAS STARTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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