Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200713147 - Employee Is Killed In Heat Exchanger Explosion
Accident: 200713147 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 05/25/2007 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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310440631 | 05/29/2007 | 4922 | Crestwood Midstream Partners Lp | ||||
On May 25, 2007, an employee and a coworker, plant operators, were working the evening shift to ignite the heat exchanger. After four attempts, the coworker received the green light on the control panel. He gave a thumb's up sign to the employee to proceed. The employee was at the gas heater controls, bending over at the controls when the heat exchanger exploded. The employee was killed. No fire or flash was noted. | |||||||
Keywords:
explosion, heat exchanger, struck by, flying object, contusion
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 310440631 | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Power plant operators |