OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516694
LAKEWOOD AUTO/SERV, INC.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL·
Event description
Gasoline explodes at service station, kills three customers
Investigation abstract
A gasoline service station attendant was changing a fuel filter in a fuel dispen ser. There was pressure on the fuel line because he failed to turn off the subme rged tank pumps. He also failed to turn off a safety switch at the base of the d ispenser. As a result of these errors, when he loosened the filter, gasoline lea ked out onto the pavement between the dispenser islands. The spilled gasoline wa s ignited by an unknown source and erupted into a fire ball that killed three cu stomers and severely burned another over the lower half of her body. None of the employees were injured.
Victim
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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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