Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14305841 - Employee killed when escaping vapors ignite

Accident Summary Nr: 14305841 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 08/21/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105537575	08/21/1987	1796	0	Yeargin Construction Company Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working approximately 90 ft above and 10 ft to one side of Employees #2 and #3 when they broke a check valve in a pipeline. A shut-off valve further up the line was open, allowing Dowtherm, a combustible liquid, to flow through the open check valve. The Dowtherm was heated above its flash point and escaped as a vapor, which ignited. Employee #1 was burned and killed. Employees #2 and #3 were not seriously injured. The check valve had appeared to be a flange.

Keywords: BURN, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, LOCKOUT, VALVE, COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105537575	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	105537575	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices
3	105537575	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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