Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 158020.015 - Employee is killed from multiple trauma when air tank explod

Accident Summary Nr: 158020.015 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 07/12/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1682842.015	07/12/2023		331221	Samuel, Son & Co (Usa) Inc.

Abstract: At 9:20 a.m. on July 12, 2023, an employee working as a supervisor was testing for leaks in a tank at a leak test station. Tanks are laid on their side for leak tests. The top of the tank faced the pressure test chamber, and the bottom faced the opposite direction. The employee began grinding on a round seam weld so that a leak could be repaired. The employee was grinding while the tank was still pressurized for the leak test. The tank exploded at the bottom and the metal that flew off struck the employee. The employee died from massive multiple blunt trauma.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Explosion, Flying Object, Grinding Machine, High Pressure, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck By, Supervisor, Tank, Testing

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1682842.015	51	M	Fatality		Supervisors, n.e.c.

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