OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519201
BURN,OXYGEN,CLEANING,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,EXPLOSION,HIGH PRESSURE,GASOLINE
Event description
GASOLINE VAPORS IGNITED; PAINT POT EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON JUNE 22, 1985, EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #7 WERE USING GASOL INE TO CLEAN UP SOME SPRAY PAINTING EQUIPMENT. A SPRAY PAINT POT, TWO GALLON SIZ E, WAS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH GASOLINE AND THEN PRESSURIZED WITH PURE OXYGEN FROM AN OXYGEN CYLINDER. (THE PRESSURE IN THE CYLINDER WAS ABOUT 100 PSI.) A VIOLENT EXPLOSION TORE THE SPRAY POT APART, SHOWERING THE EMPLOYEES WITH FLYING PIECES OF THE POT AND FLAMES. ALL SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (7)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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