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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: 28
OCCUPATION: painting and decorating, except construction
INDUSTRY:
cleaning, coating of pipe, tanks
Industrial sector: manufacturing
ACCIDENT INFORMATION:
DATE OF ACCIDENT: Confidential
PLACE: CALGARY AREA: Calgary
NATURE OF INJURY:
burn or scald (electric burns not electric shock)
TYPE OF ACCIDENT:
explosions
SOURCE OF INJURY:
chemicals (not coal/petroleum products, hydrogen sulphide)
ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
The deceased was inside a pressure trailer tanker applying a
coat of synthetic
rubber liner (anti-corrosive paint). The interior of the trailer
was
illuminated with a safety lamp using a quartz beam (500 watt).
A folded coat
hanger was wrapped around the light and the coat hanger's hook
was fastened to
the manhole flange. The light slipped off the flange, landed
on the floor of
the tanker and there was an explosion and fire. The deceased
sustained fatal
burns.
INVESTIGATION:
DATE: 1978-06-17
UNSAFE ACT(S):
safety device removed or rendered inoperative
using unsafe equipment, using equipment unsafely
UNSAFE CONDITION(S):
improper ventilation
improperly guarded, unguarded
INDIRECT CAUSE(S):
management's deliberate disregard of known safe procedures
EMPLOYER ACTION(S):
eliminate unsafe procedure
provide instruction, training, supervision to workers
OHSO ACTION(S):
inspections
OTHER'S ACTION(S):
other
REGULATION(S): 26776016 26776064 26776064 26776096 26776064
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