Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14478515 - 2 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BURNED TO DEATH WHEN VAPORS IGNITED

Accident Summary Nr: 14478515 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 11/07/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
815035	11/10/1986	1795	0	Cuyahoga Wrecking Corp.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE DISMANTLING FUEL OIL PIPELINES, USING AN OXYGEN AND PROPANE CUTTING TORCH. THEY WERE WORKING ON AN ELEVATED PIPE SUPPORT WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. APPARENTLY, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WHILE EMPLOYEE #2 WAS MANUALLY OPENING BOLTS TO A FLANGE ON THE PIPELINE. WHEN THE FLANGE WAS OPENED, RESIDUES FROM #4 FUEL OIL AND #6 FUEL OIL IGNITED. THE ENSUING FIRE COMPLETELY ENGULFED EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2. THEY FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AT THE SITE AND EMPLOYEE #2 WAS DOA AT THE HOSPITAL. THE PIPELINES HAD NOT BEEN TESTED OR PURGED PRIOR TO THE DEMOLITION WORK.

Keywords: BURN, DISMANTLING, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, PROPANE TORCH, FUEL OIL, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	815035			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	815035			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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