OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594341
BURN,DELIVERY WORK,BUTANE,WORK RULES,FIRE,HOSE,TRUCK,VALVE,ENTANGLED,ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE
Event description
Delivery truck driver dies of burns from butane fire
Investigation abstract
On April 10, 1989, Employee #1, of Dowdle Butane Gas Co., was preparing to fill his butane delivery truck at its Aberdeen bulk storage facility. The fill hose b ecame entangled in the chain link fence and turned the gate valve on, which allo wed butane to escape and be ignited by his truck. Employee #1 died on April 12, 1989, from burns suffered in the ensuing butane fire. The cause of the accident was another employee leaving the flow valve open at the bulk tank instead of clo sing it as he had been trained to do.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0420
- Task assigned
- 1
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