Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200621753 - Employees Killed and Injured from Tank Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 200621753 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 10/26/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304501661	11/01/2001	7538	0	Bellevue Auto

Abstract: Employees #1, #2, and the owner were in the process of taking down an overhead canopy type structure. The owner was using an oxygen/acetylene cutting torch to cut down the horizontal metal support structures. The owner was using the oxygen/acetylene cutting torch in close proximity to a waste oil storage tank when apparently a spark piece of slag, ignited the contents of the tank causing the tank to explode. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital where he was treated for burns over 30 percent of his body and Employee #2 burns were fatal. The owner fell from a ladder and received a head laceration and was treated at the scene.

Keywords: BURN, OXYGEN, HEAD, ACETYLENE, LADDER, TORCH, EXPLOSION, LACERATION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304501661			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	304501661			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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