OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #784926
HOPPER CAR,WELDER,EXPLOSION,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY EXPLOSION WHEN WELDING ON HOPPER CAR
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a yard man at the Paducah & Louisville railroad was welding on a ho pper car which contain calcium carbide when an explosion occurred, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 823
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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