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Accident Summary Nr: 200031532 - Chemical Explosion Kills One Employee and Injures Another

Accident Summary Nr: 200031532 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 07/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305216632	07/10/2002	5169	0	Univar Usa, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:45 a.m. on July 10, 2002, Employee #1 was standing on an overhead platform extended over the top of a tank trailer taking a quality control sample. Employee #2 was standing on a raised platform along side of the tank trailer about 10 ft from Employee #1. The tank trailer was being filled with toluene. The tank had just been flushed and about 20 pounds of toluene had been placed in a plastic pale which was located on top of the raised work platform. There was an explosion and Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 was severely burnt and hospitalized.

Keywords: BEAM, PLATFORM, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, TOLUENE, EXPLOSION, CHEMICAL BURN, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305216632			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
2	305216632			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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