Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170670707 - Employee drowns in oil after tank explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 170670707 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/26/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110099553	08/28/1995	5093	0	International Processing Specialists, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on August 26, 1995, Employee #1 was kneeling on top of a #2 oil storage tank, gauging the tank with a steel ruler, when a blue flash appeared and the tank exploded. The tank lid went straight up, turned, flipped back northeast, and landed dangling on the side of the tank by a 2 inch square angle iron. Employee #1 was thrown up in the air when the tank exploded and landed at the bottom of the tank, 35 feet from the top. He drowned in the oil.

Keywords: OIL TANK, STORAGE TANK, EXPLOSION, FALL, DROWN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110099553			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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