Inspection Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Inspection: 103447769 - Foreign & Usa Auto Service

Inspection Information - Office: Calumet City

Nr: 103447769	Report ID: 0521700	Open Date: 08/25/1992

Foreign & Usa Auto Service
3050 West 59th Street Chicago, IL 60629		Union Status: NonUnion
SIC: 7538/General Automotive Repair Shops

Inspection Type:	Accident
Scope:	Partial	Advanced Notice:	N
Ownership:	Private
Safety/Health:	Health	Close Conference:	08/27/1992
Planning Guide:	Health-Manufacturing	Close Case:	10/02/1992

Related Activity:	Type	ID	Safety	Health
	Accident	360965404

	Inspection		Degree	Nature	Occupation
Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 723551		Event: 08/23/1992	Employee Dies After Gas Tank Explosion
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 P.M. ON AUGUST 23, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A REFRIGERATION UNIT. A COMPONENT OF THE UNIT WAS A COMPRESSED GAS TANK, WHICH EXPLODED AS A RESULT OF HEATING WITH AN OXYGEN/ACETYLENE TORCH. THE TANK STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 AND REMOVED THE UPPER PART OF HIS HEAD.
Keywords: severed, head, acetylene torch, work rules, compressed gas, explosion, struck by, tank
1	103447769		Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported
2	103447769		Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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