Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170093637 - Employee killed in explosion when welding near fuel tank

Accident Summary Nr: 170093637 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 01/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300511193	01/17/1997	1629	0	Sunmount Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing a catwalk on a fuel tank when a spark from the welding torch set off an explosion in the tank. No part of the catwalk was supposed to be welded directly to the tank. The explosion may have been caused by a welding spark or by hot slag that came in contact with fuel vapors escaping through the opening of the tank at the cover plate.

Keywords: INSTALLING, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, MOLTEN SLAG, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STORAGE TANK, WELDING, EXPLOSION, SPARK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300511193			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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