OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550008
AMERICAN STAIRWAY INCORPORATED
MEMPHIS, TN—
Event description
COMPRESSED AIR TANK EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
A CURTIS, 20 HORSE POWER AIR COMPRESSOR HAD JUST BEEN SHUT OFF BY EMPLOYEE #3 BE CAUSE HE SAID IT WAS MAKING A "SQUEEKING NOISE". ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER, WITHOUT WARNING, THE TANK EXPLODED. NO CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION COULD BE DETERMINED.
Victims (7)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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