Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170200505 - One Employee Burned By Flash Fire, One Breaks Leg Escaping
Accident: 170200505 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 05/03/1991 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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111894101 | 05/10/1991 | 2911 | Chevron Richmond Refinery | ||||
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on May 3, 1991, Employees #1 and #2 were working at the #2 Cat Rinoformer at the Chevron Refinery. Together with the rigging and pipe fitter/welder crew, the employees were removing a 2 in. piping that ran vertically from the steam pump to an 18 in. line that had already been cut off. Employee #1 was using a cutting torch on the bolts of the flange, while Employee #2 was standing on the scaffold platform above the steam pump. When Employee #1 cut the second or third bolt, liquid material came out the flange, followed by a large flash fire. Employee #1 ran to escape the fire but sustained first- and second-degree burns. Employee #2 ran down the scaffold ladder and jumped, breaking his right lower leg. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, fracture, flammable liquid, work rules, fire, accidental discharge, refinery, cutting and burning, leg
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 111894101 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Industrial machinery repairers | |||
2 | 111894101 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Industrial machinery repairers |