Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171061443 - Employee Asphyxiated Inhaling Hydrocarbon Fumes

Accident Summary Nr: 171061443 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304411895	09/17/2001	4213	0	El Paso Field Services

Abstract: Employee #1, a transport driver, was top-loading his tanker with petroleum crude oil using gravity feed lines. Employee #1 was at a central tank battery or blending plant, where the black-wax crude oil is heated and then blended with a natural gasoline condensate product or ingredient requested by the customer. Employee #1 was found face down, lying in the top well near the open hatch of the first tanker of the tandem tanker trailers. Employee #1 was asphyxiated.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CRUDE OIL, GASOLINE, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304411895			Fatality	Asphyxia	Truck drivers, heavy

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