OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14392948
FLAMMABLE VAPORS,PIPE,GASOLINE,BURN,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING
Event description
GASOLINE VAPORS IGNITED BY WELDER; EMPLOYEES BURNED
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 19, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE REMOVING A S CREEN FROM THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF A PIPING SYSTEM. THE PIPING FLANGES WERE BROKE N ON THE DOWN SIDE OF A 4 INCH BLOCK VALVE THAT WAS NOT SEATING PROPERLY. WATER CAME RUSHING OUT OF THE BROKEN FLANGES, FOLLOWED BY LIQUID GASOLINE. THE GASOLIN E VAPORS TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 225 FEET TO AN AREA WHERE EMPLOYEES #5-8 WERE W ORKING, WITH WELDING EQUIPMENT IN OPERATION. THE WELDING EQUIPMENT IGNITED THE G ASOLINE VAPORS, CAUSING A LARGE FIRE AT THE FIRST STAGE ACCUMULATOR STRUCTURE, W HERE EMPLOYEES #3 AND 4 WERE WORKING. EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #8 WERE BURNED.
Victims (8)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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