OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431670
FARMERS UNION CENTRAL EXCHANGE,INC./CENEX REFINERY
LAUREL, MT·
Event description
Employee killed when struck in head by compressor parts
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an assistant operator, was opening the required valves to bring a s econd compressor on line in parallel with another compressor already in operatio n. A compressor cylinder head coolant jacket ruptured and fragmented, striking t he employee in the head and killing him. The compressor's units are Ingersoll-Ra nd gas engine-driven compressors used in a petroleum refining process.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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