OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14396949
GULF & WESTERN CORP.
GIDDINGS, TX·
Event description
Two drown in oil tank after being overcome by fumes
Investigation abstract
On or about July 13, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 were working at J. M. Baird lease well #3, using a steel tape to gauge the oil flow from a wellhead to a fraction ation tank. When the steel tape fell into the tank, one employee entered the tan k to retrieve it and the other followed after him. Employees #1 and #2 were over come by the gas and oil fumes and the lack of oxygen, fell into the oil, and dro wned. They also suffered first- and second-degree burns from contact with the oi l.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 5010
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 5010
- Task assigned
- 1
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