OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #761247
FRACTURE,COVER,CHEMICAL VESSEL,COMPRESSED AIR,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,PRESSURE RELEASE
Event description
Employee Injured Falls After Struck by Flying Cover
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries after he was blown away from a vessel. He was transferring a liquid product from a pressure vessel to a storage tank. He opened an air vent to depressurize the vessel. He then op ened the top cover before allowing enough time for the vessel to completely vent . This caused the cover to blow off and forcing him to fall 41 feet over the bui lding and 86 feet away from the vessel.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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