OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #737049
SHEEHAN PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
MUSES MILL, KY·
Event description
EMPLOYEES ENTERED OXYGEN DEFICIENT ATMOSPHERE IN PIPELINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND EMPLOYEE #2 ENTERED A 30 INCH DIAMETER PIPELINE TO CHECK A WELD ED EMPLOYEE #4. OTHER EMPLOYEES BROKE THE WELD BY GRINDING IT AND THEN USING A B ACKHOE TO BREAK THE PIPE OPEN. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE GIVEN MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RES USCITATION IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO REVIVE THEM. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AB OUT 3:45 PM ON AUGUST 28, 1986. THEY HAD JUST COMPLETED. WHEN EMPLOYEE #7, A WELDER'S HELPER, PASSED OUT AT OPEN END OF THE PIPELINE, THE OTHER WORKERS WERE ALERTED THAT EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WE RE IN THE PIPELINE. EMPLOYEE #6 ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE PIPELINE, BUT PASSED OUT AND WAS PULLED OUT BY OTHER EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEE #5, A WELDER, TRIED TO ENTER THE PIPELINE BY USING AN OXYGEN WELDING HOSE TO BLOW OXYGEN INTO HIS FACE. EMPLOYEE #5 WAS PULLED OUT BY THE OTHER EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEE #4, A SUPERVISOR, WAS NOTIFI ED. HE CAME TO THE AREA AND IMMEDIATELY ENTERED THE PIPELINE. HE, IN TURN, HAD T O BE RESCUED. A HOSE WAS TIED AROUND EMPLOYEE #8, WHO ENTERED THE PIPE AND RESCU
Victims (8)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
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