OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428981
S & R CONTRACTORS
RANGELY, CO·
Event description
Employee drowns in oil after explosion knocks him into ditch
Investigation abstract
Two workers were installing a 3 in. steel oil pipeline from the treater to the o il tanks. The oil was pumped from the hill-66 well to the treater. After process ing, the oil was transferred from the treater to the oil tanks for storage. The pipeline was in a trench that was 150 ft long and 5 to 6 ft deep. Just before th e employees began to weld, an explosion occurred in one of the tanks. Employee # 1 was blown into an oil ditch. Employee #1 was unconscious so he wasn't able to extricate himself. He drowned. Employee #2 was knocked down and slightly burned.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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