OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496863

DEMOLITION,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,FALLING OBJECT,TANK,CUTTING AND BURNING,UNSTABLE POSITION

1988-07-21T00:00:00

Event: DEMOLITION,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,FALLING OBJECT,TANK,CUTTING AND BURNING,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14496863
Report ID: 627100

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tank

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a demolition burner, was preparing a 59,000 lb elevated horizontal tank to be pushed down. He had burned off all the bolts from the supporting stru cture on which the tank was sitting. He was underneath the tank cutting the supp orting legs when the tank shifted and fell, trapping Employee #1 underneath it. He was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
14

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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