Record Number: 671

FATALITY REPORT

REPORT CHARACTERISTICS:

DONOR: Alberta Community and Occupational Health
Occupational Health and Safety Division
JURISDICTION: ALBERTA
REPORT TITLE: Fatality Investigation Data Base

INFORMATION ABOUT DECEASED:

NAME: Confidential SEX: Male AGE: 29
OCCUPATION: truck drivers
INDUSTRY:
trucking by tanker
Industrial sector: transportation, communications and utilities

ACCIDENT INFORMATION:

DATE OF ACCIDENT: Confidential
PLACE: CARBON AREA: Calgary region
NATURE OF INJURY:
multiple or crushed chest
TYPE OF ACCIDENT:
explosions
SOURCE OF INJURY:
boxes, barrels, containers, packages, unattached doors
chemicals (not coal/petroleum products, hydrogen sulphide)

ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION:

The deceased worker was attempting to load a tank truck and pup trailer with
water. The units had been used the day before to haul a load of methanol.
While in the process of loading the water, the pup trailer exploded.

INVESTIGATION:

DATE: 1977-06-10
UNSAFE ACT(S):
unsafe loading, placing, mixing, combining, etc
UNSAFE CONDITION(S):
improperly guarded, unguarded
INDIRECT CAUSE(S):
unsafe job procedure
EMPLOYER ACTION(S):
eliminate unsafe conditions
OHSO ACTION(S):
meeting with company representatives
other
OTHER'S ACTION(S):
no action
REGULATION(S): 26776144



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