OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391197
MID LOUISIANA GAS
HAILE, LA·
Event description
Employee killed by flying end of ruptured tank
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 22, 1987, Employee #1 was transferring o il from a vehicle-mounted tank to a compressor gear tank. By applying air pressu re from the air compressor, which was mounted on the truck bed, into an oil tank on the truck bed, the oil would be pressured through a flexible hose to a compr essor building, where it would enter a rigid iron 3/4 in. line to a holding tank on top of the gas compressor. While applying air into the oil tank, the oil tan k became overpressurized and ruptured. The end of the tank struck Employee #1 in the abdomen/hip area and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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