OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #867853
DIETZ TANK CLEANING, INC.
EAST LIVERPOOL, OH·
Event description
One employee killed, two hurt in river barge explosion
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:20 p.m. on May 6, 1989, Employees #1, #2, and #3 were standin g on top of the #2 compartment of a three compartment river barge while strippin g the cargo of benzene and venting the compartments. An explosion and fire occur red on the barge. Employee #1 was blown into the water. His arm was severed from the body, and he was killed. Employees #2 and #3 sustained fractures of the leg and body, contusions, lacerations, and burns. The electric equipment used on de ck was not explosion-proof. It was raining and a strong wind was blowing from th e aft to the forward end of the barge.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- BOAT (4)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- STRUCK AGAINST (6)
- Source of injury
- BOAT (4)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- STRUCK AGAINST (6)
- Source of injury
- BOAT (4)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.