Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14343461 - Military technician dies in welding fire

Accident Summary Nr: 14343461 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 09/13/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106443054	10/22/1991	9711	0	Mates Georgia National Guard

Abstract: Employee #1, an Army Ready Reserve National Guard military technician, was welding a cracked fuel cell on an M60A3 tank. The fuel cell had not been cleaned and purged before the welding operation began. Apparently the diesel fuel was mixed with MOGAS, unleaded automotive gasoline, and a fire ensued. Employee #1 was burned on 30 percent of his body. He died 17 days later. Information obtained indicates that the diesel fuel was emptied from the fuel cell into a TPU that contained MOGAS, and then put back into the fuel cell.

Keywords: BURN, DIESEL FUEL TANK, WORK RULES, FIRE, WELDING, GASOLINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106443054			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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