explsion
a road worker died as a result of burnes resived to his body when a mixture of kerosene an gas oil ignited in the bitumen tanker he was cleaning .
the contractor ,colas . was fined75000 after pleading guilty to breaching s2(1) ofHswa in not ensuring the safety of it employees it was order to pay a greed Hse cost of 22,000
sitting on 23May 2005, lincoin crown court heard that on 20february 2003, Jhon Gilroy and phillip kelly had been cleaning the bitumen spraying bar at the back of a tanker at the companys depot in grantham , lincolnshire . the cleaning process uses a below -ground sump with pipe and filter work in a semi enclosed environment . the cleaning solvent, a mixture of kerosen and gas oil , is recirculated in to the sapray bar and out through the sump continuously to clean out bitumen deposits.
the problem with this activity at the time of the accident that when solvent is put under pressure through nozzles it creats a flammable mist , ghon anslow the Hse inspector who investigated the incident, said : even thoug gas oil in liquid form is not flammable, once it is sprayed it becomes flammable.
the flammable vapour was ignited-probably as a result of an electrostatic discharge. there was a lack of rudimentary controls on any sort of ignition inspector anslow said there was no prohibition on smoking , nor on hot work, such as a welding or cutting , he said .
Mr gilroy had been working on a platform on top of the spray bar when the atmosphere ignited . Although he tried to escape he received burnes to 60per cent of his body , from which he died two weekes later.Mr kelly manged to escape with superficial burns to his face.
inspector Anslow commented :this was a tragic and a avoidable incident. importantly , if a liquid was used rather than spray , no flammable mist would have been created , and this could have prevented the incident . the spray jet could have been removed but ther was no instruction or training on this , or indeed , in how to do the job itself . this case emphasises the importatance for emplyers to assess and plan work with dangerous substances .
الاسئله هي:-
part A
company name ........ Date.………
report no (year.……….\refno..……………….
وجدول يبون فيه
site: …………. department : …………. location of accident :…………….
date of accident: ………… day \ time of accident : ……………… date of report: …………………………….
وبعيدين يي جدول يبون فيه
details of event : injured preson :........……………….
occupation:.......…………
date of birth:...........
date Joined company:..........
nature of inJury :............
part of body :.............
sevrity:..........
object causing inJury:........
2-other damage witnesses و تحته هذي النقاط
property damage :...........
evironment damage:.........
owner of property:.........
Name of witnesses\occupation:-
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وبعدين مكتوب details of reports
brief description of event:............................................................................................................................................................................................................
part b
causes of accident ...........................................................................................................................................................................
2- recommendations to prevent recurrences (including name of person to carry out action , and timescale to complete )
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وبعدين اخر سوال
remedial action taken (by whom ) and date 1..........................................
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