OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708867
BECHO INC
BOX ELDER, UT—
Event description
FIRE IN OXYGEN-ENRICHED CONFINED SPACE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8 PM ON AUGUST 19, 1985, AN EMPLOYEE OF BECKO, INC. WAS WORKING TAL, BUT DIED WITHIN 24 HOURS. AT THE BOTTOM OF A 26 FOOT DEEP PIPE. THE PIPE HAD AN INSIDE DIAMETER OF 35 1/4 INCHES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A MCDONALD 90 POUND JACKHAMMER TO BREAK UP A LAR GE ROCK, WHICH WAS BLOCKING THE HOLE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEING SUPPLIED WITH PURE OXYGEN FROM A OXYGEN BOTTLE (PART OF A WELDING UNIT). THE 1/4 INCH OXYGEN LINE H AD BEEN DROPPED INTO THE PIPE TO A POINT JUST ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD. A SPARK FROM THE JACKHAMMER APPARENTLY STARTED A FIRE ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT. THE FIRE SPREAD UP THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG AND ENGULFED HIS UPPER BODY. HE RECEIVED THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER MORE THAN HALF HIS BODY. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPI
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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