Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170394209 - Employee killed in residential oil tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 170394209 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 09/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106930522	01/22/1992	5983	0	Rapp Petroleum Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a home oil delivery driver, was in the basement of a single family dwelling and was pumping heating oil #1 into a steel 275 gallon storage tank, from a company-owned fuel delivery truck. After he had pumped 42 gallons of fuel oil, a combustible liquid, an explosion and fire occurred. Employee #1 sustained second- and third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body and died approximately four months later. Fire investigators determined that the origin of the explosion and fire was within the tank.

Keywords: BURN, DELIVERY WORK, FIRE, OIL TANK, EXPLOSION, FUEL OIL, COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106930522			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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