OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456099
BURN,TANK TRUCK,OPEN FLAME,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,CRUDE OIL,EXPLOSION,INATTENTION
Event description
CRUDE OIL VAPOR EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING ALTAMONT CRUDE OIL FROM A TANK TRUCK. HE WAS LOCATED I NSIDE A REFINERY. IT WAS AT NIGHT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CHECK THE LEVEL OF CRUDE OIL LEFT IN THE TANKER COMPARTMENT BY INSERTING A DIPSTICK THROUGH THE OPEN TANKER D OME. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A READING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OPERATIONAL LIGHT AT T HE UNLOADING DOCK THAT NIGHT. WITHOUT THINKING, HE USED HIS BUTANE CIGARETTE LIG HTER TO LIGHT THE AREA NEAR THE DIPSTICK. THE CRUDE OIL VAPORS IGNITED, CAUSING AN EXPLOSION WHICH BURNED EMPLOYEE #1 AND BLEW HIM OFF THE TOP OF THE TANKER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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