OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #677062

WALL,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,EXPLOSION,TANK,PRESSURE RELEASE

1987-10-22T00:00:00

Event: WALL,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,EXPLOSION,TANK,PRESSURE RELEASE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 677062
Report ID: 522000

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on the outside of a building, where he had been wetting down sty rene monomer holding tanks with a water hose for about 10 minutes. A pressure re lief disc on one of the tanks released, sending flammable vapors around the othe r tanks and into the building. Employee #1 was running away from the tanks and t oward the building when the vapors found an ignition source and exploded. The bu ilding was blown apart and the back wall fell onto the employee, killing him. Em ployee #1 had been doing this job for two years.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
16

Occupation code
715

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
2280

Task assigned
1

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