OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14477905
BURN,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,EXPLOSION,GASOLINE,TANK
Event description
GASOLINE TANK EXPLODED, BURNING EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
SEVEN EMPLOYEES FROM TWO COMPANIES WERE ENGAGED IN THE REMOVAL OF THREE UNDERGRO UND 6,000 GALLON GASOLINE STORAGE TANKS FROM AN ABANDONED FILLING STATION. TWO O F THE TANKS HAD BEEN REMOVED AND CLEANED. THE THIRD TANK HAD BEEN RAISED AND GAS WAS BEING PUMPED OUT BY A VACUUM TRUCK. VAPORS FROM THE VACUUM PUMP FLOODED THE WORK SITE AND WERE IGNITED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. THE FLASH FIRE SPREAD INTO THE TH IRD TANK, IGNITING THE VAPORS INSIDE THE TANK. THE TANK EXPLODED, KILLING ONE WO RKER AND SERIOUSLY INJURING TWO OTHERS. THEY SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BU RNS.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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