OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221407570

317728926 - THE OAKS PARK ASSOCIATION

PORTLAND, OR· 2021-07-04T00:00:00

Event: Amuse Park/Carnival, Amusement Park/Carnival, Chemical Vapor, Cut, Cutting, Exploded, Explosion, Flammable Vapors, Flying Object, Golf Cart, High Pressure, Laceration, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plasma, Spark, Struck By, Tank, Torch, Torch cutting, Unsafe Position, Vapor, Water Tank
NAICS: 713110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345417406
Employer profile: 317728926 - THE OAKS PARK ASSOCIATION
Summary number: 221407570
Report ID: 1054191

Event description

Employee lacerates leg when struck by piece of tank in explo

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on July 4, 2021, an employee working as an park attendant for an amusement park had just pulled up in golf cart. He stepped out of the cart preparing to go to lunch approximately 10 feet from where a water tank was being cut with a plasma torch. The water tank was being cut apart for disposal. The tank was equipped with two gate valves that were open at the time it was being cut. While the employee was standing in the area, the tank exploded and a section of the tank struck the employee in the calf. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 64 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
459

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