Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200080232 - Employee's face burned when gasoline tank explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 200080232 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 12/18/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102792496	12/18/1998	1799	0	Tanknology-Nde

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were installing additional electronic sensors to a gasoline tank when the gas vapors ignited and the tank exploded. Employee #1 suffered second-degree burns on his face and neck, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, INSTALLING, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STORAGE TANK, EXPLOSION, FACE, GASOLINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	102792496			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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