OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308688
AETNA GAS PRODUCTS, INC.
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY AN ACETYLENE TANK CYLINDER EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
Two employees were filling acetylene cylinders. Employee #1 was closing cylinder valves on the manifold line. Employee #2 went to the rear of the building when an explosion occurred. Employee #1 was burned to death. Employee #2 went out the back door unhurt. The reason for the explosion was unknown. A possible cause wa s lightning.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- BOILER/PRESS VESSEL (6)
- Occupation
- Laborers, except construction (889)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERPRESSURE/UNDERPRESSURE (15)
- Hazardous substance
- 0070
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.