Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202289195 - Employees injured in hydrogen explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 202289195 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/08/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109212571	04/08/1999	4911	0	Tampa Electric Company

Abstract: At approximately 7:15 a.m. on April 4, 1999, fifteen maintenance mechanics, were working during an outage at Unit Number 6 Turbine and Generator. An access cover was removed which contained hydrogen inside the generator prior to purging of the hydrogen. The release of the hydrogen resulted in multiple explosions and fires. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were killed. Employee #3 and Employee #4 were hospitalized for burns. Employees #5-15 received non-hospitalizing injuries.

Keywords: BURN, HYDROGEN, MAINTENANCE, EXPLOSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers
2	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers
3	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
7	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers
8	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers
9	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers
10	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers
11	109212571	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
12	109212571	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction laborers
13	109212571	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction laborers
14	109212571	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction laborers
15	109212571	Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers

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