OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346639
TAMPA SHIPYARDS, INCORPORATED
TAMPA, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEES BURNED BY EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN SHIP'S FAN ROOM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2, A WELDER AND A PIPEFITTER RESPECTIVELY, WERE WORKING IN THE FAN ROOM OF A VESSEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DURING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, SOMEONE HAD LEFT A CAN OF PAINT THINNER IN THE ROOM. WHILE CRAWLING IN THE ROOM, EMPLOYEE # 1 TOUCHED HIS WELDING ROD TO THE CAN AND IT EXPLODED. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPIT ALIZED FOR BURNS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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