OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14314603
DEFINZIO IMPORTS, INC.
ESSINGTON, PA·
Event description
79-year-old employee killed, 9 injured in gasoline explosion
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #10 were working at their regular tasks. Employee #1, age 7 9, was sent down to the basement to clean up gasoline that had accumulated in a basement from a leak at a gas station next to the work site. An unknown source i gnited the gasoline fumes, causing an explosion in which Employee #1 was killed. The building collapsed and materials were blown about the work area, striking t he other employees. Employees #2 through #10 sustained multiple cuts, but only E mployees #2 and #3 were hospitalized.
Victims (10)
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#1 Fatality Age 79 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 38 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 F
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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