OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497648
LONE STAR INDUSTRIES INC
HOUSTON, TX—
Event description
Welder killed in tank explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was welding a tank holding a class II combustible. He was standing o cent Indopol. The low pressure tank was not built in accordance with acceptable standards (i.e., there were no vents or emergency relief devices). n either the front side of the tank or on the ladder by the tank when the tank e xploded. Employee #1 suffered fatal head injuries when he was struck by part of the tank and hurled into a concrete wall. The tank, which was shop-made from a c ement truck mixer drum, was manufactured as an atmospheric tank that the company turned into a low pressure tank. The 8 yard mixer drum, model #232, was manufac tured by Rexnord, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, and the valve, model #I-19816, was manufa ctured by Bendix-Westinghouse. The class II combustible was Thoco 50 truck wax, a blend of 80 percent kerosene, 18 1/2 percent Tenneco golden oil, and 1 1/2 per
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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