Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200231801 - Employee Using Torch on Tank Is Killed in Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 200231801 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 07/07/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309963932	07/07/2006	2899	325998	Blue Sky Biodiesel, Llc

Abstract: On July 7, 2006, Employee #1 was working on top of a twenty-two-foot-high steel tank, using an oxyacetylene torch to install a vent. The tank apparently contained some glycerine and methanol from the making of biodiesel fuel, and it exploded. Employee #1 received burns to several parts of his body, and he was killed. It is probable that the flame from the torch ignited the vapors, causing the explosion and subsequent fire.

Keywords: BURN, ACETYLENE TORCH, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, EXPLOSION, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309963932			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Laborers, except construction

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