OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221642705
TRAK OIL LLC
CASSOPOLIS, MI·
Event description
Employee is killed when tank explodes
Investigation abstract
At 3:45 p.m. on February 5, 2024, an employee was using an Airman PDS185S (185 CFM) Portable Air Compressor to force residual petroleum-related waste products from a pressurized free water knockout tank. The tank exploded and the employee sustained a combination of thermal injuries and inhalation of the byproducts of the combustion. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 71 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 47
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