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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548739

OXYGEN,REGULATOR VALVE,CYLINDER,COMPRESSED GAS,EXPLOSION

Event
OXYGEN,REGULATOR VALVE,CYLINDER,COMPRESSED GAS,EXPLOSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14548739
Report ID
951510

Event description

OXYGEN CYLINDER REGULATOR EXPLODED

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE REPLACING THREE DEPLETED OXYGEN CYLINDERS ON A NEW OXYGEN SYSTEM SET-UP. AFTER LOCATING A LEAK ON CYLINDER #1, EMPLOYEE #1 TIGHTENE D THE LOOSE FITTING. FINDING THE SYSTEM IN GOOD ORDER, EMPLOYEE #1 SLOWLY TURNED ON THE MAIN VALVE. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OIL OR GREAS E WAS IN THE SYSTEM, OR THE REGULATOR INVOLVED MAY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE.

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    783
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2
  3. #3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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