Inspection Detail
Inspection: 102582582 - Uncle Charlies' Junk Man
Inspection Information - Office: Fairview Heights Area Office
Site Address:
Uncle Charlies' Junk Man
Sec 29, Twp 1n, Rng 8e, Wayne County
Fairfield, IL 62837
Mailing Address:
423 Forest Street, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1381
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 08/25/1988
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 09/26/1988
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 360385231 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
Current Violations | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
Initial Penalty | $450 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $450 |
Current Penalty | $450 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $450 |
FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
# | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100151 B | 09/01/1988 | 10/03/1988 | $90 | $90 | $0 | - | ||
2. | 01002A | Serious | 19100252 D02 VIC | 09/01/1988 | 09/04/1988 | $180 | $180 | $0 | - | ||
3. | 01002B | Serious | 19100252 D03 I | 09/01/1988 | 09/04/1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
4. | 01003 | Serious | 19100252 D03 II | 09/01/1988 | 09/04/1988 | $180 | $180 | $0 | - | ||
5. | 02001 | Other | 19040008 | 09/01/1988 | 09/02/1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
6. | 02002 | Other | 19101200 E01 | 09/01/1988 | 11/02/1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
7. | 02003 | Other | 19101200 G01 | 09/01/1988 | 10/03/1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
8. | 02004 | Other | 19101200 H | 09/01/1988 | 10/03/1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - |
Investigation Summary
Employees #1 and #2 were assisting the employer in scrapping old oil field tank battery tanks and an associated oil water separator vessel. The employer had built fires in all vessels prior to the crew cutting up the vessels, ostensibly to burn out all flammable vapors. Employee #1 removed the bolts and the inspection hole cover from one end of the separator vessel while the employer cut nuts from the inspection hole cover at the other end of the vessel, using an oxygen-propane blau-type cutting torch. When the cover was cut free, Employee #1 was using a hammer and punch to knock off the cover. Vapor inside the vessel was ignited by the torch that the employer was using at the first opening. The force of the explosion drove the inspection plate into Employee #1's head and killed him. Employee #2's eyes were injured by flying debris.
Keywords: EYE, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, OIL WELL DRILLING, TORCH, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, CUTTING AND BURNING
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 102582582 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported | ||
2 | 102582582 | Hospitalized injury | Foreign Body Ineye | Occupation not reported |