Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127524.015 - Employee is killed in fall inside tanker while cleaning

Accident Summary Nr: 127524.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 07/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1482169.015	07/06/2020		562998	Bastrop Tank Wash, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on July 3, 2020, an employee was preparing to clean a tanker trailer that had contained ethyl alcohol when he collapsed in the tanker. The employee was killed after knocking out two teeth in the fall and incurring respiratory and nervous system/brain damage due to lack of oxygen in the tanker.

Keywords: Air Monitoring, Alcohol, Asphyxiated, Brain, Chemical, Chemical Exposure, Chemical Vapor, Confined Space, Entry Permit, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Idlh, Inexperience, Inhalation, Jaw, Lung, Nerve damage, Overcome by vapors, Oxygen, Oxygen Deficiency, PPE, Respirator, Tank, Tank Cleaning, Tank Truck, Toxic Atmosphere, Training, Unauthorized, Vapor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1482169.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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