OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320428
FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WELDER,WELDING,EXPLOSION,TANK,HEXANE
Event description
WELDING NEAR TANK CONTAINING HEXANE; EXPLOSION OCCURRED
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTING TO REMOVE A STEEL COUPLING THAT HAD BEEN WELDED TO A # 275 STEEL TANK. THE TANK HAD CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF HEXANE. WHEN THE EMPLOY EE PLACED THE TORCH CLOSE TO THE OPEN COUPLING, AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ACROSS THE ROOM. HE DIED OF HEAD INJURIES AN D LACERATIONS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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