OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386163
JOHNSTON'S MASTER SERVICE INC.
BLUE ISLAND, IL·
Event description
WELDERS KILLED/INJURED IN A TANK EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-3 WERE WELDING ON TOP OF A PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK. VAPORS ESCAPED F ROM OPENINGS ON THE TANK TOP AND IGNITED, CAUSING THE TANK TO EXPLODE. EMPLOYEE #3 FELL INTO THE TANK AFTER THE EXPLOSION AND DIED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS THROWN OFF T HE TANK AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR INJURIES TO HIS ARM AND BACK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS H OSPITALIZED FOR SEVERE BURNS OVER 70% OF HIS BODY.
Victims (3)
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.