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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494306

EXCAVATION,GASOLINE,BURN,GRADER,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,RUPTURE,PIPELINE

Event
EXCAVATION,GASOLINE,BURN,GRADER,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,RUPTURE,PIPELINE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14494306
Report ID
627400

Event description

GRADER OPERATOR RUPTURED GAS LINE; DIED IN ENSUING FIRE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A GRADER OPERATOR, WAS WIDENING A ROAD BED. HE STRUCK A BURIED GASO LINE PIPELINE AND RUPTURED IT. THE EMPLOYEE DIED IN THE ENSUING FIRE. THE PIPELI NE WAS MARKED, BUT NOT PRECISELY ENOUGH TO PREVENT CONTACT BY THE GRADER.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    14
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    10
    Hazardous substance
    1340
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #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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