OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498570
BURN,ALARM,FIRE,EXPLOSION,GASOLINE
Event description
GASOLINE EXPLOSION AND FIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT HIS REGULARLY ASSIGNED JOB AS A GASOLINE BLENDER OPER LARM. SUDDENLY AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED WITH AN ENSUING FIRE. HE RECEIVED THIRD DEG REE BURNS OVER 70% OF HIS BODY. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED UNTIL JANUARY 30, 1986, WHEN HE DIED FROM HIS BURNS. ATOR. HIS WORK STATION IS IN THE OIL MOVEMENT CONTROL CENTER (OMCC), WHERE HE MO NITORS THE OCTANE RATING OF GASOLINE BEING BLENDED. THERE ARE THREE ALARMS LOCAT ED AT HIS WORK STATION; FOR FIRE, HIGH HYDROCARBON AND CARBON MONOXIDE. OCCASION ALLY ONE OF THE ALARMS GOES OFF (USUALLY THE HIGH HYDROCARBON). WHEN THE ALARM S OUNDS HE IS REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE OMCC AND GO TO THE KNOCK-ENGINE BUILDING. THE BLENDED GASOLINE IS RUN THROUGH THE KNOCK-ENGINES THERE TO DIAGNOSE THE BLENDING PROBLEM. ON JANUARY 17, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PM, THE HIGH HYDROCARBON AL ARM WENT OFF. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE KNOCK-ENGINE BUILDING TO INVESTIGATE THE A
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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