Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170122022 - Employee dies in gasoline storage tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 170122022 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 05/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111055836	05/09/1991	5093	0	Jim Miller Excavating Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was struck by the metal end cap and the force of the explosion of a gasoline storage tank that he was cutting with an oxygen/butane cutting torch. He died.

Keywords: STORAGE TANK, TORCH, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, GASOLINE, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111055836			Fatality	Concussion	Welders and cutters

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