OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379176
LEAK,ELECTRICAL,EXPLOSION,LACERATION,BURN,E GI III,CONFINED SPACE,LP GAS,EQUIPMENT APPROVAL,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
EXPLOSION - LP GAS IGNITED BY VACUUM CLEANER
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES OF A SEED PREPARATION PLANT WERE CLEANING AN ELEVATOR PIT WITH A S OR THE PIT, AND THE VACUUM CLEANER WAS NOT APPROVED FOR HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. HOP VACUUM CLEANER. WHEN THE VACUUM CLEANER WAS TURNED ON, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSIO N AND FIRE. THE TWO EMPLOYEES IN THE PIT WERE BADLY BURNED AND WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES. A CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE FRONT OF THE FACILITY, WAS STRUCK BY A DOOR THAT WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE STRUCTURE. HE R ECEIVED CUTS AND BRUISES. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, SOME UNDERGROUND PIPING FOR LP GAS WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING. THE LEAK WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE PIT FOR THE LP GAS TO HAVE ACCUMULATED IN THE PIT. THESE VAPORS COULD THEN HAVE BEEN IGNITED BY THE V ACUUM CLEANER. PROPER CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PROCEDURES HAD NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED F
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1803
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1803
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 1803
- Task assigned
- 1
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