Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200642049 - Employee killed when oil tank explodes during welding

Accident Summary Nr: 200642049 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/20/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303638886	10/20/2000	1799	0	Carson Welding

Abstract: At 9:55 a.m. on October 20, 2000, Employee #1, the grandson of the owner of a welding company, was getting on-the-job training from his grandfather at an oil well site where they were installing and repairing a metal ladder on a 210-barrel production tank that was being set up. The welding was on-going when the tank exploded and burst into flames. Employee #1 was killed. At the time of the accident, the tank was two-thirds full of crude oil and wet fire blankets had been placed over tank openings.

Keywords: INSTALLING, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, WORK RULES, FIRE, OIL TANK, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, CRUDE OIL, EXPLOSION, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303638886			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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