OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385959
LOADING,CONFINED SPACE,WORK RULES,OIL TANK
Event description
Employee dies in confined space
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 a.m. on March 7, 1986, Employee #1 was assigned to prepare for a 4:00 a.m. loading of oil from vat #14 into a tank wagon. Employee #1 open ed the man hatch of the H2 blanketed vat to check on the amount of oil or to sho w a sample. At approximately 5:00 a.m. he was found dead at the bottom of the va t.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
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