OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535199
FRACTURE,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,HOSE,PROPANE TORCH,EXPLOSION,ABRASION,CONCUSSION,FACE,ASPHALT,LEG
Event description
ASPHALT TANK FUMES IGNITED BY PROPANE TORCH; EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-3 WERE ON A TANK TOP USING A PROPANE TORCH TO HEAT UP AN ELBOW ON A FLEXIBLE, 4-INCH HOSE. THE HOSE WAS USED TO TRANSFER ASPHALT FROM ONE TANK TO A NOTHER. WHEN THE TORCH WAS LIT, AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED. EMPLOYEES #1-3 WERE BLOWN INTO THE AIR. TWO OF THE MEN LANDED ON THE GROUND. THE THIRD MAN LANDED ON ONE OF THE OTHER TANK TOPS. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A FATAL CONCUSSION. EMPLOYEE #2 FRA CTURED HIS LEG. EMPLOYEE #3 SUFFERED ABRASIONS ON HIS FACE.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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