OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377113

SUFFOCATED,CLEANING,FLOWING MATERIAL,BRIDGED MATERIAL,BURIED

1984-09-07T15:30:00

Event: SUFFOCATED,CLEANING,FLOWING MATERIAL,BRIDGED MATERIAL,BURIED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14377113
Report ID: 521700

Event description

EMPLOYEES FELL INTO FLOWING MATERIAL; TWO BURIED, ONE HURT

Investigation abstract

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, EMPLOYEES # 1, 2, AND 3 WERE VA CUUMING CATALYST FROM THE AIR PREHEATER OF A CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT. THE AIR PR EHEATER IS A HORIZONTAL VESSEL. AS THEY WERE PROCEEDING INTO THE VESSEL, PICKING AND VACUUMING THE CATALYST, THEY BROKE THROUGH A "BRIDGE" OF CATALYST IN THE VE RTICAL AIR PIPE OF THE PREHEATHER. THE AIR PIPE WAS FULL OF CATALYST, WHICH FLOW ED INTO THE VESSEL, BURYING EMPLOYEES #1 AND 2, AND KNOCKING EMPLOYEE #3 OUT OF THE VESSEL.

Victims (3)

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
2

Source
14

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1
#2 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
2

Source
14

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1
#3 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
18

Event type
4

Source
14

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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