OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14331888
INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE
JACKSONVILLE, FL·
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED, TWO INJURED IN EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
On May 19, 1989, Employees #1, #2, #3, and another worker were installing a fix ft, sustaining fatal injuries. Employee #2 was blown from the tank horizontally, approximately 15 ft and downward, approximately 30 ft, sustaining critical inju ries. Employee #3 was blown upward approximately 10 ft and fell back onto the to p of the tank sustaining numerous cuts and bruises. He was rescued with the use of a portable extension ladder. ed ladder to the south side of a 500,000 gallon storage tank used for storing in dustrial waste water contaminated with petroleum products. Employees #2 and #3 w ere located on the top of the tank to assist in raising the ladder. Employee #1 and another worker remained on the ground to weld the lower supports for the lad der. After welding the lower supports in place, Employee #1 went to the top of t he tank to weld the top support brackets. Employee #1 had completed the left bra cket and had just started the right bracket when a fire and an explosion occurre d. Employee #1 was blown from the top side of the tank and fell approximately 30
Victims (3)
-
#1 Fatality Age 33 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 35 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- LOWER ARM (17)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
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.