OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393532
HUDSON DRYDOCKS INC.
MORGAN CITY, LA·
Event description
Ten employees injured in explosion on ship
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:35 a.m. on July 3, 1987, Employees #1 through #10 were on the lso sustained injuries requiring hospitalization. As of July 15, 1987, one emplo yee remained hospitalized. Weather conditions played no role in this accident. M/V Maritime Explorer, which was in dry dock being converted into a vessel that could uncover buried treasure. A cutting torch on deck that was within 2 1/2 to 3 feet of the hatch hole ignited methyl acetylene vapors, resulting in an explo sion in the rudder room that blew the hatch door into the engine room. There was extensive damage to the support beams of the rudder room, and the deck was rupt ured down both sides. Repercussions from the blast also traveled through the eng ine room to the starboard stack. Employees #2 through #9 suffered hearing loss, for which Employees #2, #7, #8, and #9 were hospitalized. Employees #1 and #10 a
Victims (10)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1652
- Task assigned
- 1
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