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Accident: 115014.015 - One Employee Is Killed And Two Others Are Injured In Explosi
Accident: 115014.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/02/2019 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1397275.015 | 04/26/2019 | Mesa Mechanical Inc. | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1396018.015 | 04/25/2019 | T.P.I.S. Industrial Services, Llc | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1396041.015 | 04/25/2019 | Day & Zimmermann | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1397275.015 | 04/26/2019 | Mesa Mechanical Inc. | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1390220.015 | 04/03/2019 | Kmco, Llc | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1396018.015 | 04/25/2019 | T.P.I.S. Industrial Services, Llc | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1396041.015 | 04/25/2019 | Day & Zimmermann | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1396018.015 | 04/25/2019 | T.P.I.S. Industrial Services, Llc | |||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
| 1390220.015 | 04/03/2019 | Kmco, Llc | |||||
| At approximately 10:40 a.m. on April 2, 2019, the housing of a three-inch Y-strainer of an isobutylene line that fed into reactor K8 ruptured and isobutylene was released, forming a vapor cloud. Three employees responded to mitigate the isobutylene vapor in the reactor area. As Employee #1 was at an old control room area and Employee #2 was approaching a tank farm area away from reactors K8 and K9, Employee #3 activated the fire water monitor located next to the hot oil area on the West side of the main control room. Shortly after 10:50 a.m., the isobutylene vapor cloud ignited, causing an explosion. Fire spread to a dry storage area. Employee #1 suffered injuries that affected his upper extremity and brachial artery on his right side, killing him. Employees #2 and #3 sustained thermal burns, which they were hospitalized and received treatment. | |||||||
Keywords:
reactor, explosion, fire, chemical vapor, burn, chemical reaction
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 1397275.015 | 27 | M | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |
| 2 | 1397275.015 | 24 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |
| 3 | 1396018.015 | 24 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |
| 4 | 1396041.015 | 34 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | ||
| 5 | 1396041.015 | 27 | M | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |
| 6 | 1397275.015 | 34 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | ||
| 7 | 1390220.015 | 24 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |
| 8 | 1396018.015 | 27 | M | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |
| 9 | 1396041.015 | 24 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |
| 10 | 1396018.015 | 34 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | ||
| 11 | 1390220.015 | 34 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | ||
| 12 | 1390220.015 | 27 | M | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Operations & systems researchers and analysts | |