OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505788
DISMANTLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TANK,UNTRAINED,CUTTING AND BURNING,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by section of steel tank
Investigation abstract
At 2:00 p.m. on February 9, 1990, Employee #1 and two coworkers were dismantling equipment at an old refinery. While Employee #1 worked on one side of a large s teel tank, the coworkers, both burners, were cutting a huge section from the oth er side so it could be removed for scrap. Shortly after the cut portion fell to the ground, the remainder of the large upright tank became unstable and slowly r olled over onto Employee #1. He sustained massive chest injuries, including frac tures, and was killed. Causal factors for this accident include the lack of prop er supervision, poor training, and an incomplete safety program.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#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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