OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694406
BURN,STATIC ELECTRICITY,CHECK VALVE,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,FIRE,LP GAS,GAS LEAK,ARM,FACE,HAND
Event description
ESCAPING LP GAS IGNITED, BURNING EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM ON JULY 28, 1986, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE FILLING 33.5 CHARGE WAS APPARENTLY CREATED BY THE RAPID ESCAPE OF GAS UNDER PRESSURE. A FLAS H FIRE RESULTED, CAUSING BURNS TO THE FACE, HANDS AND ARMS OF BOTH EMPLOYEES. TH EY WERE HOSPITALIZED. LP GAS CYLINDERS IN THE FILL ROOM OF AN LP GAS DISTRIBUTION PLANT. THE CYLINDER S WERE SET ON SCALES SO THAT THE EMPLOYEES COULD TELL WHEN THE TANKS WERE FULL. THE FILL AREA CONTAINED 3 SCALES, SIDE BY SIDE. ONLY THE LEFT AND RIGHT ONES WER E IN USE. THE TANK (CYLINDER) ON THE LEFT SCALE WAS CONNECTED AND BEING FILLED. AN EMPTY TANK HAD JUST BEEN PLACED ON THE RIGHT SCALE. THE FILLING GUN WAS HOOKE D TO THE TANK, BUT THERE WAS NOT A GOOD FIT. PROPANE WAS LEAKING. EMPLOYEE #1 DI SCONNECTED THE GUN TO READJUST THE FIT. THE TANK CHECK VALVE FAILED, ALLOWING A RAPID ESCAPE OF GAS. AS EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO REATTACH THE FILL GUN, A STATIC
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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