OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #561019
COMPRESSOR,BURN,MAINTENANCE,FIRE,NATURAL GAS,OIL WELL SERVICING
Event description
THREE EMPLOYEES BURNED BY FIRE IN COMPRESSOR STATION
Investigation abstract
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989, EMPLOYEES #1, #2, AND #3 WERE PERFORMING MAINTENANC E ON AN AJAX DPC-230 NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE INSIDE THE COMPRESSOR SHED AND EMPLOYEE #3 WAS OUTSIDE THE STRUCTURE GETTING A TOOL FROM T HE TRUCK WHEN A FIRE ERUPTED. THE FIRE CAUSED SEVERE BURNS TO EMPLOYEES #1 AND # 2 AND LESSER BURNS TO EMPLOYEE #3. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF HIS INJURIES THE NEXT DAY , EMPLOYEE #2 REMAINED HOSPITALIZED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, AND EMPLOYEE #3 WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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