Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831119 - Employee's eyes injured when methanol drum explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 170831119 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 10/07/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127376440	10/09/1996	5984	0	Suburban Sales & Services, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were filling a 55-gallon drum from an aboveground 1,000 gallon tank of methanol. The drum failed and exploded, and Employee #1 suffered eye injuries. The plastic drum had been stored outside and exposed to the elements and to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. Employee #1 was not wearing adequate eye protection.

Keywords: EYE, METHYL ALCOHOL, PPE, WORK RULES, DRUM, EXPLOSION, HIGH PRESSURE, STRUCK BY, TANK, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127376440			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Material recording, sched'g & distr. clerks n.e.c.

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