OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401533
BURN,CLOTHING,LEAK,PRESSURE VESSEL,FIRE,NATURAL GAS,EXPLOSION,LPG CONTAINER,GAS LEAK,ARC WELDING
Event description
Employee killed in lp tank explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in liquefied petroleum high pressure tank fabrication. N atural gas had accumulated from a leaking cutting torch head and when Employee # 1 either attempted to light the torch, or accidentally struck the arc of an elec trode holder, it ignited. The explosion and ensuing fire engulfed Employee #1's clothes and burned him over 80 percent of his body. Employee #1 died the next da y.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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