Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14396949 - Two drown in oil tank after being overcome by fumes

Accident Summary Nr: 14396949 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/23/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102341237	07/24/1987	1389	0	Gulf & Western Corp.

Abstract: On or about July 13, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 were working at J. M. Baird lease well #3, using a steel tape to gauge the oil flow from a wellhead to a fractionation tank. When the steel tape fell into the tank, one employee entered the tank to retrieve it and the other followed after him. Employees #1 and #2 were overcome by the gas and oil fumes and the lack of oxygen, fell into the oil, and drowned. They also suffered first- and second-degree burns from contact with the oil.

Keywords: BURN, OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, CONFINED SPACE, PPE, WORK RULES, FRAC TANK, INHALATION, OIL WELL SERVICING, DROWN, TOXIC FUMES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102341237			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec
2	102341237			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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