OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394431

M. R. FRIDAY, INC.

GOLDONNA, LA· 1989-04-19T00:00:00

Event: FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, EXPLOSION, TANK, BURN, WELDER, CUTTING AND BURNING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101474443
Employer profile: M. R. FRIDAY, INC.
Summary number: 14394431
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Nine employees burned when welding ignites tank vapors

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 through #9, who were employed by two separate contractors, were cut ting and welding a 2 in. vent line to an operational saltwater tank. Some flamma ble vapors from the tank that had entered the vent line and were ignited when th ey reached the cutting operations, causing an explosion. Employees #1 through #9 sustained second- and third-degree burns. Employees #1 through #3, #8, and #9 w ere hospitalized; Employees #4 through #7 were treated and released.

Victims (10)

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#2 Hospitalized Age 22 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#3 Hospitalized Age 31 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#8 Hospitalized Age 26 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
#9 Hospitalized Age 19 Male

Nature of injury
Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)

Part of body
MULTIPLE (19)

Accident type
OTHER (14)

Source of injury
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)

Environmental factor
GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)
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Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.