Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200640027 - Employee killed in tanker fire on oil rig

Accident Summary Nr: 200640027 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 03/06/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108871419	03/08/1996	1389	0	Martin Tank Truck/Casing Pulling, Inc.

Abstract: On March 6, 1996, Employee #1, of Martin Tank Truck and Casing Pulling, Inc., was working on an oil rig crew that was preparing to plug a oil well. He was sitting in a chair underneath the catwalk of the work-over rig. The rest of the crew was pumping mud into the hole and forcing oil and gas out of the well into a transport truck when a fire erupted at the tanker. Employee #1 sustained burns and was taken to Purcell General Hospital. He was later transported to Baptist Burn Center in Oklahoma City, OK, where he died on March 7, 1996.

Keywords: BURN, TANK TRUCK, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, FIRE, CHEMICAL BURN, OIL WELL SERVICING, OIL RIG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108871419			Fatality	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported

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