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Accident Summary Nr: 14385439 - Employee burned in fuel tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 14385439 -- Report ID: 0523310 -- Event Date: 06/06/1990
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10246706506/22/199016290Balciar Bulldozing

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 6, 1990, Employee #1 was standing by to assist a property owner who was cutting up a used fuel tank with a gasoline-powered circular metal cutting saw. The tank blew up. The property owner sustained second- and third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body and subsequently died on June 18, 1990. Employee #1 required hospitalization for burns on the backs of both legs and both arms.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CIRCULAR SAW, EXPLOSION, FUEL OIL, METAL SAW, ARM, TANK, LEG

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 102467065 Hospitalized injury Burn/Scald(Heat) Occupation not reported

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