Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200620383 - Employee Killed When Vapors Ignite

Accident Summary Nr: 200620383 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 06/23/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302484456	07/09/1999	2851	0	The Egyptian Laquer Manufacturing Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were pouring nitrocellulose from a 99 lb fiber drum into the top of a 3,000-gal tank when the flammable vapors ignited. Employee #1 died of burns sustained in the fire. The drum and the steel tank were not bonded together during the pouring process. The steel tank contained a flammable solvent, and nitrocellulose is also flammable. A static charge may have been source of ignition for the fire.

Keywords: burn, static electricity, flammable liquid, flammable vapors, work rules, fire, combustible liquid, chemical

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302484456			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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