OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384283
HEAD,HATCH,WORK RULES,HIGH PRESSURE,STRUCK BY,TANK
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK & KILLED BY HATCH COVER OF PRESSURIZED TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHILE LOADING A SEMI-TANKER TRAILER THROUGH THE REAR BOTTOM LOADING H PRESSURE. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHO PLACED THE PLASTIC PIECE IN THE LID'S VENT FITTI NG OR WHO PLACED IT THERE. VALVE, FAILED TO OPEN THE TOP CENTER LID TO RELIEVE THE BUILD UP OF AIR PRESSUR E. HE BEGAN OPENING THE LID AFTER LOADING WAS COMPLETED BY REMOVING FOUR HOLD-DO WN NUTS AND DOGS. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THREE DOGS AND NUTS WERE FOUND LOOSE, WITH ONE OF THE NUTS BLOWN OUT OF THE DOCK AREA INTO A PARKING LOT. IT DID NOT APPEA R THAT THE FOURTH DOG AND NUT HAD BEEN TOUCHED. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE THREE NUTS, THE LID BLEW OUT, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE JAW AREA AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR. (HE WAS KILLED.) THERE WAS A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL FITTED INTO THE LID TOP WHICH HAD SEVEN SMALL HOLES IN IT, NOT SUFFICIENT TO RELIEVE THE HIG
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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