OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14450316

INSTALLING,LOW FLASH POINT,WORK RULES,FIRE,SHIP

1989-11-02T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING,LOW FLASH POINT,WORK RULES,FIRE,SHIP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14450316
Report ID: 420300

Event description

Employees injured in fire on vessel

Investigation abstract

The USCG buoy tender vessel "Cowslip" was in drydock at Delta Marine, Inc. At ap proximately 4:50 p.m. on October 30, 1989, a flash fire occurred in the refriger ation space aboard the vessel. A subcontractor was installing insulation inside the reefer spaces using a synthetic rubber adhesive with a flash point less than 0 degrees F. Portable lights used inside the spaces were not explosion proof. T he flash fire occurred when an employee was unplugging a portable light from an extension cord. Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized.

Victims (3)

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
17

Event type
14

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
11

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
17

Event type
14

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
11

Task assigned
1
#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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