OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454912
BURN,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,FIRE,STORAGE TANK,EXPLOSION,GASOLINE,TANK
Event description
EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN GASOLINE BULK STORAGE TANK
Investigation abstract
FOUR MEN OF A SIX MAN CREW WERE REMOVING SLUSH AND THE REMAINING GASOLINE FROM A LES, WHERE FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT 30 TO 40 FEET. IT IS BELIEVED MOST OF THE BU RNS WERE SUSTAINED WHILE EGRESSING THESE MANHOLES. BULK STORAGE TANK WHEN IT EXPLODED AND BURST INTO FLAME. THE FOREMAN AND ONE MA N REMAINED OUTSIDE TO TEND THE EQUIPMENT AND MONITOR THE WORK. THE FOUR WORKERS INSIDE WORE FULL BREATHING EQUIPMENT. THREE OF THEM WERE WEARING PLASTIC THROW-A WAY COVERALLS. THREE SMALL GAS ENGINES WERE OPERATING (ONE WITHIN 7 FEET OF THE ACCESS MANHOLE). THE SOURCE OF IGNITION HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. A 3,000 PSI WAT ER WASHER WAS IN USE ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. ALL SIX EMPLOYEES SUSTAINED SEVER E BURNS (UP TO 80% OF THEIR BODY SURFACE). SEVERAL EMPLOYEES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. EGRESS FROM THE TANK FOR THE INSIDE WORKERS WAS FROM TWO-24 INCH MANHO
Victims (6)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#5 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#6 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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