OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498737
TRIANGLE PETROLEUM SERVICE
LIBERTY, TX·
Event description
TRUCK STRUCK A GAS PLANT RISER AND CAUSED AN EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE HIS VACUUM TRUCK INTO A GAS PLANT RISER, CAUSING AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE. THERE WERE NO BARRICADES OR BARRIERS TO PROTECT THE RISER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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