Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116297094 - Employee dies of burns when tallow vapors ignite

Accident Summary Nr: 116297094 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 03/09/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116297094	03/09/1999	2899	0	Twin Rivers Technologies, L. P.

Abstract: Employee #1, a refinery technician, was preparing to reheat a pipe that contained hardened tallow that he had heated several minutes earlier. He was using a propane torch when a sudden failure in a valve seal occurred. The rapidly vaporizing liquid tallow was ignited by the torch, and Employee #1, who was standing on a platform 15 ft above the area where the valve failed, suffered second- and third-degree burns over 90 percent his body. He died on the morning of March 12, 1999, as a result of injuries sustained in the accident.

Keywords: BURN, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, FIRE, PROPANE TORCH, VALVE, SEAL, REFINERY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116297094			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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