OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401467
RANGER WELL SERVICE
KILGORE, TX·
Event description
Eight employees injured in flash fire
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #8 were working at mobile oil well #4. Hydrocarbons from th e well were being circulated and stored in a metal aboveground, open-topped tank measuring approximately 7 ft by 10 ft by 20 ft. The hazardous vapor mixture flo wed over the sides of the tank, gravitating down an incline and under a parked 1 988 Ford LTD Crown Victoria. A flash fire occurred when one of the employees sta rted the car. Employees #1 through #8 were hospitalized with severe burns. The i nternal combustion engine and associated parts of the Crown Victoria had ignited hazardous accumulations of the hydrocarbons from the well.
Victims (8)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 28 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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