Natural Gas Liquid Extraction
Industry Summary
The Natural Gas Liquid Extraction industry is experiencing greater than average employment growth as of late. In 2014 the government estimated a total of 7,482 workers, then just 12 months later it had climbed to 7,741, an increase of 3.46%. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (239% more) the average for the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry.
On Friday, December 14th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Washington, PA which had occured previously at Mw Logistics Services Llc. A 43 year old man working as a was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.
The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, December 14th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Washington, PA after learning of an incident at Mw Logistics Services Llc which had occured on Thursday, December 13th 2018. A 53 year old man working as a was injured on the job when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.
OSHA investigators arrived in Washington, PA on Friday, December 14th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Mw Logistics Services Llc. A 61 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
14.53
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 128
225%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 12