OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340665
UNION TANK CAR COMPANY
VALDOSTA, GA·
Event description
FIRE IN RAIL TANK CAR KILLS ONE AND HOSPITALIZES ANOTHER
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:15 p.m., on January 11, 1989, one grinder died and another g rinder was hospitalized after the interior of a rail tank car became engulfed in a fire. The source of the fire appeared to be from sulfur residue. Both employe es entered the rail car through a manway at the top of the car. Both employees w ere wearing airline respirators. The oxygen inside the rail car was deficient. W hen the fire broke out, one employee managed to escape while the other did not.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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