OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505861
BURN,PILOT LIGHT,MAINTENANCE,FIRE,TRUCK,LP GAS,VALVE,GAS LEAK
Event description
BURNED IN LP-GAS FIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD TAKEN THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL GARAGE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. HE DE EAVIER THAN AIR, FLOWED DOWN THE SLOPE INTO THE GARAGE. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 55 FEET INTO THE GARAGE THE GAS WAS IGNITED BY THE PILOT LIGHT OF A GAS WATER HEAT ER. THE RESULTANT FIRE ENGULFED THE DRIVER, WHO WAS STANDING NEAR HIS TRUCK. HE DIED THREE WEEKS LATER AS A RESULT OF THE BURNS SUSTAINED. ANOTHER DRIVER, WHO W AS WALKING DOWN THE HILL TO THE GARAGE, ALSO SUSTAINED BURN INJURIES AND WAS HOS PITALIZED. CIDED TO REPLACED SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE METER, SINCE IT WAS NOT READING PROPERLY. HE PARKED THE TRUCK OUTSIDE THE GARAGE. HE BLED BOTH THE HOSE AND THE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE BELLY VALVE AND METER. HE DID NOT, HOWEVER, CHECK THE INTERNA L (BELLY) VALVE TO ASSURE THAT IT WAS CLOSING PROPERLY. AN INVESTIGATATION CONDU CTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL VALVE HAD MALFUNCTION ED AND HAD NOT CLOSED. AS A RESULT, LP GAS CONTINUED TO BLEED INTO THE PIPING SY STEM. WHEN THE DRIVER BEGAN TO LOOSEN THE METER AND FILTER/FLOAT CANNISTER, THE PRESSURE BEHIND THE EQUIPMENT EXPELLED THE LP GAS INTO THE ATMOSHERE. THE GAS, H
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1803
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1803
- Task assigned
- 2
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