OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518260
FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,WELDER,WELDING,EXPLOSION,PURGING,TANK
Event description
TANK EXPLODED WHILE WELDING WORK UNDERWAY; 3 EMPLOYEES HURT
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE WELDING AND PATCHING HOLES ON BLOW TANK #2 AT THE GEORGIA P ACIFIC CORPORATION PULP MILL AT PALATKA, FLORIDA WHEN THE TANK EXPLODED. EMPLOYE E #1 WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE TANK, EMPLOYEE #2 WAS WELDING FROM A SCAFFOLD AT TACHED TO THE TANK AND A MILLWRIGHT (EMPLOYEE #3) WAS OBSERVING FROM A TANK CATW ALK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRITICALLY INJURED. THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES RECIEVED INJURI ES WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITIZATION. THE TANK HAD NOT BEEN PURGED, NOR HAD IT BEEN TESTED FOR FLAMMABLE VAPORS BEFORE THE WORK WAS BEGUN.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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