OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237317
MADCO TRUCK STOP
CHANNELVIEW, TX—
Event description
WASHING INSIDE OF TANK TRUCK; OVERCOME AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM, EMPLOYEE #1, EMPLOYED AT T OM THE TANK AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AT 12:10 PM. HE MADCO TRUCK STOP, LOCATED AT 17129 MARKET ST., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, AS A TRUCK WASHER, WAS DISCOVERED FACE DOWN INSIDE THE TRUCK TANK WHICH HE HAD BEEN WASHIN G. HE HAD BEEN WORKING INSIDE THE TANK WHILE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WASHING TH E OUTSIDE. WHEN THE OUTSIDE EMPLOYEES COULD NO LONGER HEAR EMPLOYEE #1 WORKING, THEY CHECKED ON HIM AND FOUND HIM LAYING FACE DOWN IN THE "OIL" AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS OVERCOME IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE EMPLOYEE #1, AND HAD TO BE RESCUED HIMSELF BY THE COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS TRANSPORATED TO TIDELANDS HOSPITAL AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVED FR
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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