OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565949
BALL BALL & BROSAMER INC
PHOENIX, AZ—
Event description
NATURAL GAS LINE RUPTURED BY LOADER BUCKET; FIRE RESULTED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WAITING FOR A LOADER TO FILL HIS TRUCK WITH DIRT WHEN THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A FIVE INCH NATURAL GAS LINE. THE LINE RUPTURED. A FIRE ENSUED, B URNING EMPLOYEE #1'S TRUCK WITH EMPLOYEE #1 INSIDE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 1
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