OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240964
EARNEST INC
LAST CHANCE, OK—
Event description
CRUDE OIL FIRE AT TANK FARM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 & 2 WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF ROLLING CRUDE OIL, LOCATED IN A STORA APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE TANK TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS KNOWN TO BE A CHAIN SMOKER. GE TANK AT AN OIL LEASE TANK BATTERY. "ROLLING" IS A PROCESS BY WHICH CRUDE OIL FROM A TANK IS PUMPED INTO A PUMPING TRUCK TANK, THEN BACK INTO THE STORAGE TANK . THIS PROCEEDURE MIXES A CHEMICAL INTO THE OIL WHICH CAUSES SUSPENDED WATER TO SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. DURING THIS PROCESS A FIRE BROKE OUT WHICH ENG ULFED THE TWIN CRUDE OIL STORAGE TANKS, THE PUMPING TRUCK AND A PICKUP TRUCK, AL L OF WHICH WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FACE AND HANDS. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. THE FIRE WAS PROB ABLY CAUSED BY SOMEONE SMOKING DURING THE JOB. A BIC CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS FOUND
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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