OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562425
E GI V,ELECTRICAL,METHYLENE CHLORIDE,CORD SET,ATTACHMENT PLUG,ELECTRIC PUMP,EXPLOSION,CORD CONNECTOR,GASOLINE,EQUIPMENT APPROVAL
Event description
EXPLOSION - UNAPPROVED EQUIPMENT USED IN HAZARDOUS LOCATION
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING THE REFRIGERANT SECTION OF A GASOLINE VAPOR CONDENSATION APOR RECOVERY UNIT. HE WAS STARTING HIS SEVENTH DRUM; AND, WHEN HE PLUGGED THE M OTOR'S POWER CORD INTO THE CONNECTOR ON THE CORD SET IN THE GASOLINE-ENRICHED AT MOSPHERE, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER 40 PERCENT OF HIS BODY. SYSTEM WITH METHYLENE CHLORIDE. HE WAS USING A DAYTON 0.33-HORSEPOWER NON-EXPLO SION-PROOF MOTOR/PUMP, ATTACHED TO ITS SOURCE OF SUPPLY THROUGH A NON-EXPLOSION- PROOF-TYPE EXTENSION CORD SET. THE CORD SET WAS PLUGGED INTO AN ADAPTER CORD SET THAT HAD AN EXPLOSION-PROOF ATTACHMENT PLUG ON ONE END AND A NON-EXPLOSION-PROO F CONNECTOR ON THE OTHER END. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING THE METHYLENE CHLORIDE FR OM 55-GALLON DRUMS IN THE BUCKET OF A BACKHOE. THE EMPLOYEE PLUGGED THE ADAPTER CORD SET, WHICH WAS 3 FEET LONG, INTO AN EXPLOSION-PROOF RECEPTACLE OUTLET ABOUT 100 FEET FROM WHERE HE WAS WORKING. HE THEN RAN THE EXTENSION CORD SET TO THE V
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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