Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170670061 - Employee dies of hydrocarbon toxicity in confined space

Accident Summary Nr: 170670061 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 04/27/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110092988	04/27/1994	4213	0	Fleet Transport Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 returned to a terminal with loaded trailer #196775 and parked the trailer on the south side of the building. He went inside and asked the dispatcher for his next assignment. The dispatcher told him to "blow-out" trailer #181971. Employee #1 moved the single cell aluminum trailer into position to be blown-out. The blowout procedure removed AV-GAS vapors (gasoline-BP aviation 100LL) from the trailer before jet fuel was loaded. Employee #1 climbed on top of the trailer and opened the 20 in. in diameter dome lid. He got off the trailer and obtained a strap. The strap was taken up onto the trailer and attached to the trailer's fixed exterior ladder. The strap was lowered into the trailer. When Employee #1 entered the trailer he died of asphyxiation from hydrocarbon toxicity caused by inhalation of AV-GAS vapors.

Keywords: AIRCRAFT, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, CLEANING, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, INHALATION, FUEL OIL, TOXIC FUMES, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110092988			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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