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Incident Investigation
Reports from Canadian Center
for Occupational Health and Safety |
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Fatality
Reports: 93
Found Under Tractor, Hit by Axle on Head 9-19-78 |
 | Fatality Reports: 391 Explosion from Hitting Natural Gas Pipeline with Plow |
| Fatality Reports: 608 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 612 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 652 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 664 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 671 Explosion with multiple or Crushed Chest |
| Fatality Reports: 687 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 699 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 707 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 708 Explosion While Welding on Outside of Tube |
| Fatality Reports: 716 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 722 Fire Explosion While Painting Interior of Tank Ignited by Falling Light |
| Fatality Reports: 732 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 733 Fall into Bins, Vats, Lilns, Tanks, etc. |
| Fatality Reports: 748 Explosion from Igniting Torch on top of Oil Storage Tank |
| Fatality Reports: 749 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 767 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 812 Fire from Welding Near Paint thinner Can |
| Fatality Reports: 823 Explosions with Burn or Scald (Electric burns or Electric shock) |
| Fatality Reports: 825 Acid Burns to Face, Severe Hypocalcaemia Due to Fluoride Toxicity 5-21-79 |
| Fatality Reports: 857 Explosion While Welding Inside Gasoline Tanker |
| Fatality Reports: 874 Explosion in Confined Space from Propane Torch |
| Fatality Reports: 893 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 935 Explosion in Confined Space from Propane Torch |
| Fatality Reports: 944 Explosion in Confined Space from Propane Torch |
| Fatality Reports: 948 Explosion in Confined Space from Propane Torch |
| Fatality Reports: 1021Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1031 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1032 Explosion While Loading Toluene, Probably Static Electricity |
| Fatality Reports: 1088 Gas Plant Explosion from Bleeding Propane Line |
| Fatality Reports: 1110 Fire Explosion When Opening Filter Separator with Pressure |
| Fatality Reports: 1114 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1182 Explosion of Water Tank from Priming Pump with Liquid Contaning Gasoline Residue |
| Fatality Reports: 1193 Explosion of Toolbox while Grinding with Acetylene in Tool Box |
| Fatality Reports: 1195 Explosion due to Propane Tank Piping Damage by Vehicle |
| Fatality Reports: 1211 Fire Explosion on Fire Side of Process Heater |
| Fatality Reports: 1240 Explosion on Fire Side of Boiler |
| Fatality Reports: 1259 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1284 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1286 Explosion while Transferring Bitumen |
| Fatality Reports: 1298 Boiler truck exploded when the pressure was being tested after a tear had been welded |
| Fatality Reports: 1336 Shock, Burns Due to Oxygen Enhanced Fire 2-18-83 |
| Fatality Reports: 1337 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1374 Cutting into Hydrocarbon Piping |
| Fatality Reports: 1388 Explosion due to Process Hydrocarbons Fed to Furnace Box by Jumper to Snuffing Steam |
| Fatality Reports: 1403 Explosions with Concussion or Skull Fracture |
| Fatality Reports: 1431 Detonation of Blasting Caps While Cutting into a Safe with Cutting Torch |
| Fatality Reports: 1469 Explosion of Hydrogen Vapor Cloud |
| Fatality Reports: 1474 Explosion of Oil Tanker During Filling |
| Fatality Reports: 1474 Petro-Chemical Explosion, Asphyxia Due to Aspiration of Blood; Severe Cranio-Cerebral and Multiple Injuries 5-11-84 |
| Fatality Reports: 1486 Fire from Flammable Liquid Spilled on Electric Heater |
| Fatality Reports: 1530 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1534 Fire in sulphur silo |
| Fatality Reports: 1536 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1544 Struck by piping pig expelled under pressure |
| Fatality Reports: 1578 Volatile cleaner was used in very close proximity to heat source when cleaner ignited and exploded |
| Fatality Reports: 1602 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1614 Explosion inside vessel |
| Fatality Reports: 1622 Explosion involving 45 gallon drum of methyl hydrate (concentrated windshield washer anti-freeze) |
| Fatality Reports: 1628 Contact with Gases Fumes by Inhalation (lack of Oxygen) |
| Fatality Reports: 1705 Gasoline fume ignition fire occurring in a confined space, fuel storage tank |
| Fatality Reports: 1707 Due to Explosion was Struck by Flying Object and caused Concussion or Skull Fracture |
| Fatality Reports: 1708 Explosion of flammables in vacuum truck |
| Fatality Reports: 1721 Asphyxiation, Due to Lack of Oxygen 10-2-85 |
| Fatality Reports: 1747 Fire from adding aluminum powder to polyethylene plastic |
| Fatality Reports: 1753 Trichloroethane Poisoning after Inhalation of Trichloroethane 11-21-85 |
| Fatality Reports: 1794 Natural gas pipeline external damage |
| Fatality Reports: 1799 Fire due to leaking propane cylinder |
| Fatality Reports: 1821 Complications Arising from Extensive Burns as a Result of Submersion into a Tank of Caustic Soda 5-30-86 |
| Fatality Reports: 1861 Rupture of pressure piping due to dead headed pump against frozen water blockage |
| Fatality Reports: 1868 Shock and Sepsis; Severe Thermal Burns; Industrial Sulphur Accident 8-08-87 |
| Fatality Reports: 1874 Extensive burns, 2nd and 3rd degree over
approximately 50% of body |
| Fatality Reports: 1877 Explosion while heating oil drum with torch |
| Fatality Reports: 1897 Explosion of a normally water cooled portion of a furnace when operated without flowing water |
| Fatality Reports: 1943 Toluene fire during loading operation probably due to static charge |
| Fatality Reports: 1945 Extensive Third Degree Burns from a Flash Fire 4-03-87 |
| Fatality Reports: 1971 Fire while lighting a propane torch in a confied space |
| Fatality Reports: 2015 Volatile oil in a hot oiler erupts and causes fire explosion |
| Fatality Reports: 2063 Opening air line under pressure |
| Fatality Reports: 2064 Fire due to cutting tank containing gasoline with torch |
| Fatality Reports: 2112 Asphyxia from Spraying with a Methylene Chloride Solution 1-12-88 |
| Fatality Reports: 2125 Hydrogen Sulphide Poisoning from Obtaining Flow Pressure Rates 8-22-88 |
| Fatality Reports: 2129 Explosion of white water tank at paper mill due to hydrogen produced by bacteria |
| Fatality Reports: 2172 Exposure to gasoline fumes in a confined space |
| Fatality Reports: 2189 Explosion due to cutting tank with residual fuel |
| Fatality Reports: 2231 Asphyxiation; Inhalation of Argon Gas 3-09-89 |
| Fatality Reports: 2258 Scalding due to paper mill digester opening permaturely |
| Fatality Reports: 2290 Explosion while loading aluminum scrap into a furnance, probably due to moisture |
| Fatality Reports: 2322 Acute Tracheobronchitis; with 95% Third Degree Burns; Consistent with Ammonia Burns 8-14-89 |
| Fatality Reports: 2361 Explosion; Multiple Injuries 5-29-90 |
| Fatality Reports: 2371 Asphyxia Due to Lack of Oxygen 1-05-90 |
| Fatality Reports: 2375 Ethylene glycol burns due to vessel rupture due to blocked vent |
| Fatality Reports: 2434 Explosion in confied space of gasoline spill ignited by electrical spark |
| Fatality Reports: 2455 Respiratory Failure Due to Secondary Infection; Multiple System Failure; 50% Surface Burns 4-28-90 |
| Fatality Reports: 2464 Explosion of gas vapors in confined space ignited by torch |
| Fatality Reports: 2478 Respiratory Distress Due to 70% Body Surface Burns and Sepsis 6-04-90 |
| Fatality Reports: 2479 Fire due to rupture of hydrocarbon piping at furnace |
| Fatality Reports: 2493 Welding on tank with residue of diesel fuel |
| Fatality Reports: 2520 Unblocking paper mill chute with steam |
| Fatality Reports: 2537 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 7-08-92 |
| Fatality Reports: 2582 Explosion by ignition of hydrogen gas in the sulphuric acid tank |
| Fatality Reports: 2588 Explosion due to welding on tank with flammable vapors |
| Fatality Reports: 2595 Acute Left Arterior Coronary Thrombosis 5-18-93 |
| Fatality Reports: 2597 Pouring rubberized undercoating, which produced an explosion |
| Fatality Reports: 2609 Stenosing; Atherosclerotic Coronary Disease with Early Myocardial Ischemia and Terminal Cardiac Arrest 11-14-92 |
| Fatality Reports: 2627 Severe Head Trauma; Explosion of a Sewer Plug in a Manhole 5-18-96 |
| Fatality Reports: 2628 Fire due to expansion of gasoline tank vapors from overflowing hot water |
| Fatality Reports: 2669 Fire at propane delivery truck filling residential tank |
| Fatality Reports: 2688 Propane fire inside container after torch extinguished |
| Fatality Reports: 2740 Suffocation 1-17-97 |
| Fatality Reports: 2776 Explosion of blasting caps at manufacturer |
| Fatality Reports: 2800 Explosion with Multiple Lethal Injuries, Including Decapitation 4-02-01 |
