OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550438

WORK RULES,MIXER,EXPLOSION,SPARK,ELEVATED WORK PLAT

1985-07-03T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,MIXER,EXPLOSION,SPARK,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14550438
Report ID: 454712

Event description

Employee killed in plant explosion

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on an elevated platform trying to jog a mixer into a per pendicular position. There were sparks, followed by an explosion. Employee #1 wa s killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
31

Event type
14

Source
16

Occupation code
756

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
1620

Task assigned
1

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