Shipfitter/welder dies when an oxygen cylinder explodes in California

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services
• Description:
  A 45-year-old male shipfitter/welder (the victim) died when an oxygen cylinder he drilled into during a salvage operation exploded and propelled him into a stationary band saw. The shipfitter had been asked to drill and cut up acetylene cylinders that were marked with an "X" in a circle. The oxygen cylinder had the same marking. The company had no written procedures on the destruction and salvage of compressed gas cylinders. The CA/FACE investigator concluded that, in order to prevent similar future occurrences, employers should: 1. Assure each gas cylinder marked for destruction is labeled or marked to differentiate them from those not ready for destruction. 2. Use an unmistakable marking on cylinders that have been prepared for salvage or destruction. 3. Prepare an appropriate written program describing the procedures for the destruction and salvaging of compressed gas cylinders. 4. Use an appropriate method for the destruction of pressurized compressed gas cylinders.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Welding
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 9
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-operations
  • Work-analysis
  • Work-areas
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96CA009
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027121
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-112034
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 96CA009, 1996 Oct ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-96CA009 ; FACE-96CA00901
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169004/cdc_169004_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5e5b6d9f9cd9d47570c6b28f20d14f490f7faba85e94ce23c00ea4883e6ef7281ac437b523a80c6fdc059cd4fe9575b249aeed39007fb757d8a8f55712a7a02f