Inspection Detail

Inspection: 101296119 - Piping Service Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Appleton Area Office

Inspection Nr: 101296119

Report ID: 0521100

Date Opened: 10/26/1987

Site Address:
Piping Service Inc
1522 S. Broadway
Green Bay, WI 54307

Mailing Address:
2180 Buchanan Rd., Appleton, WI 54915

Union Status: Union

SIC:1711

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/11/1988

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/17/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360647895

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$490	$0	$0	$0	$0	$490
Current Penalty	$250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$250
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260352 I	02/12/1988	02/18/1988	$250	$490	$0	03/09/1988	F - Formal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	19040002 A	02/12/1988	02/22/1988	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 851154

Event: 10/24/1987

One employee killed, one injured when adhesive tank explodes

Employee #2 was making a weld repair on a stainless steel return line of a recirculating adhesive system. The adhesive return line was above a stainless storage tank. Employees #1 and #2 were on top of the tank. Repairs using a tig weld had been made at various points on the two fill discharge and process stainless system pipes. As the final horizontal weld on the return pipe above the tank was begun, the tank bottom suddenly separated from the wall of the tank and propelled the tank upward into the building structural support beam and roof. Employee #2 fell off as the tank ruptured. He was hospitalized. Employee #1 struck his head on the structural member as the tank propelled upward. He died of a skull fracture.

Keywords: HEAD, STORAGE TANK, EXPLOSION, BEAM, REPAIR, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, RUPTURE, FALL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101296119			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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