Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14251136 - Employees injured when gasoline tank explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 14251136 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/14/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18482596	12/15/1988	4953	0	Four Seasons Industrial Services

Abstract: Employee #1 was cutting a used, 8,000 gallon gasoline tank with an acetylene torch. Employee #2 was helping and performing fire watch. Sparks from the torch ignited vapors from a nearby gasoline tank that had not been cleaned or purged, causing that tank to explode. Employee #1 sustained a leg fracture, and Employee #2 was burned. Both were hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ACETYLENE TORCH, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, EXPLOSION, SPARK, GASOLINE, TANK, CUTTING AND BURNING, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18482596			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.
2	18482596			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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