OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550016
USED REPAIR SHOP INC
LEBANON, TN·
Event description
LIQUID PROPANE TANK EXPLODED, KILLING AND INJURING EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING AT THE BATTERY TERMINAL BURNING STATION. THEY U SED AN OPEN FLAME TORCH, FUELED BY NATURAL GAS, AT THIS STATION. EMPLOYEES #3 AN D #4 WERE LOCATED NEAR THE STATION. LOCATED 5 FEET FROM THE BURNER STATION WAS A FLAMMABLE HEAT SHRINK (PLASTIC SYSTEM), WHICH INCLUDED A SMALL HAND HELD 20 POU ND LP TANK. THIS TANK EXPLODED, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #3 WERE KILLED. EMPLOYEE #4 WAS STILL HOSPITALIZED A S OF APRIL 8, 1986.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 2
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