Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68929.015 - Employee is killed when a fuel cell explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 68929.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 11/04/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1006940.015	11/05/2014		336413	Lapeer Industries Inc

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on November 4, 2014, an employee was standing at the air intake valve, operating the valve to fill the pressurized tank with compressed argon. The pressurized tank was removed from the testing container and filled with water used to identify leaks. The pressurized tank was in the process of being measured for deflection when it ruptured without warning. The employee suffered multiple injuries to his head and chest and was struck by fragments from a ruptured aluminum pressurized fuel vessel and was killed.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Argon, Compressed Gas, Pressure Vessel, Rupture, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1006940.015	34	M	Fatality

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