OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522635
METHYL ALCOHOL,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,FIRE,WELDING,EXPLOSION,SMOKING
Event description
FIRE AND EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE USING FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS IN THE AREA. THERE WAS AN UNMARKED DR UM OF METHYL ALCOHOL (1/2 FULL), WITH A ONE INCH DIAMETER OPENING (VENT) IN THE TOP OF THE BARREL. THEY WERE DISPENSING FROM THIS BARREL VIA A PUMP TO FILL TANK S IN VANS WITH WINSHIELD WASHER FLUID. THE BARREL HAD BEEN MOVED TO AN AREA WHER E SMOKING WAS ALLOWED. WELDING WAS BEING DONE ACROSS THE AISLE. A FIRE STARTED I N THE GRATE WHICH CATCHES ANY LEAKS FROM VANS BEING TESTED. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE GRATE TALKING TO EMPLOYEE #2, CAUGHT FIRE. HE RAN ONE WAY AND E MPLOYEE #2 THE OTHER. THE DRUM OF METHYL ALCOHOL EXPLODED, BURNING EMPLOYEE #2.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1660
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1660
- Task assigned
- 2
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