Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131802.015 - Employee is killed while using propane torch to unfreeze wat

Accident Summary Nr: 131802.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 12/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1507063.015	12/17/2020		213112	Orr Enterprises Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on December 17, 2020, an employee used an open flame propane torch to unthaw a frozen valve on the vacuum transfer pump of a 70 barrel vacuum truck. The transfer pump contained flammable liquids. The employee was conducting well plugging operations at the time of the incident. The explosion caused the rear hatch of the vacuum truck to fly off, striking the employee in the face and chest area which killed him.

Keywords: Chest, Explosion, Face, Flammable Liquid, Flammable Vapors, Flying Object, Fracture, Frozen, Hatch, Industrial Truck, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Propane Torch, Pump, Struck By, Tank, Tank Truck, Vacuum Vessel, Valve, Well

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1507063.015	34	M	Fatality		Drillers, oil well

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