OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733527
VIC ALBEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
KAYCEE, WY—
Event description
Employee killed in fire following pipeline break
Investigation abstract
A portion of pipeline from Billings, MT, to Rawling, WY, carrying JP-4 jet fuel at 400 psi, was being resurfaced with a hot coating. The pipe was exposed in a 5 1/2 feet wide by 3 1/2 feet deep trench. Employee #1 was operating a Caterpilla r side boom tractor approximately 12 feet from the near edge of the trench. When the pipe was picked up, a welded joint failed, and the jet fuel ignited when th e fumes reached the open burner in the pipe coating machine. Employee #1 died as a result of burns. Other equipment in use at the site included a Remco LM 612 p ipe scraping machine and a pipe wrapping machine that was burnt beyond recogniti on.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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