OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467351
PAWNEE LEASE SERVICE INC
PAWNEE, TX—
Event description
CRUDE OIL PIPELINE RUPTURED BY DOZER, EMPLOYEE BURNED
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 29, 1985, A LEASE SERVICE COMPANY WAS CONSTRUCTING A LOCATION FOR AN OI L RIG. AT APPROXIMATELY 1:37 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER IN WHAT W AS TO BECOME A FLARE PIT. THE PIT WAS ABOUT 6 FEET DEEP. WHILE THE BULLDOZER WAS WORKING IN THE PIT IT MUST HAVE STRUCK AN 8 INCH PIPELINE CARRYING CRUDE OIL UN DER PRESSURE. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID HE SAW DIRT AND ROCKS SPEWING OVER THE BUL LDOZER, AND THEN THE BULLDOZER WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. EMPLOYEE #1 COULD NOT ESC APE FROM THE FIRE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SUPERINTENDENT KNEW THERE WAS A PIPELINE IN THE AREA, BUT HE DID NOT MAKE AN EFFORT TO FIND ITS EXAC T LOCATION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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