OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377113
VIP INTERNATIONAL INC
LEMONT, IL·
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)
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#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
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#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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