OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382584
BURN,OXYGEN,CYLINDER,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING,EXPLOSION,HIGH PRESSURE,GASOLINE
Event description
WELDERS HELPER KILLED BY EXPLODING OXYGEN CYLINDER
Investigation abstract
A WELDERS HELPER NOTICED A GASOLINE VAPOR FIRE NEXT TO A TRUCK-MOUNTED OXYGEN AN D ACETYLENE CYLINDER RACK. HE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE REGULATORS, BUT APPARENTLY TURNED THE CONTROLS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND OPENED THEM INSTEAD. AN OXYGEN-AC ETYLENE FLAME RESULTED WHEN BOTH RUBBER HOSES BURNED THROUGH. THE FIRE CAUSED TH E OXYGEN CYLINDER TO SUPERHEAT AND EXPLODE. THE WELDER'S HELPER WAS KILLED INSTA NTLY. THE WELDER, HIMSELF SOME DISTANCE AWAY, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. HE SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS FROM THE FIRE WHICH CONSUMED THE TRUCK'S GASOLINE TANK.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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