OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402341
TANK TRUCK,HEAD,WORK RULES,WELDING,EXPLOSION,DECAPITATED
Event description
Employee killed in tanker explosion
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:03 a.m. on May 20, 1989, Employee #1 was welding a 3 in. long by 1/4 in. wide crack on the bottom of an aluminum tanker when there was an exp losion. He was decapitated. Coworkers in the area were only slightly injured and none required hospitalization. The tanker was used to haul salt water; it had n ot been cleaned nor had any instruments been used to test the atmosphere inside the tanker prior to welding.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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