OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848192
ACCURATE DRILLING & TRENCHING INC.
DEERFIELD, IL·
Event description
Employee dies after suffering burns in belowground explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was approximately 19 feet below ground level trying to cut a metal p ipe that was obstructing the use of an air ranger. He had been trying to free it with a shovel and had evidently dislodged methane gas. A blow torch was lowered to him to cut the pipe and when it was lit, an explosion occurred. Employee #1 suffered third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body. He died of a heart atta ck about a week later in the hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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