Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200810968 - Employee dies from second- and third-degree burns

Accident Summary Nr: 200810968 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 08/10/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304116023	08/15/2001	1389	0	Jim Hillard Trucking, Inc.

Abstract: On August 10, 2001, an employee was in the process of off-loading condensate, a flammable liquid petroleum byproduct (flash point 35 - 40 degrees), from a 200-barrel trailer tank into a 300-barrel holding tank. Sometime after the connection of hoses and the start of liquid transfer, a fire started. The employee died from second- and third-degree burns he sustained to approximately 50 percent of his body. A local, retired volunteer fire chief was first to arrive on the scene, speculated that the fire was caused by a fast-moving lightning storm.

Keywords: STORM, TANK TRUCK, STATIC ELECTRICITY, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FIRE, TORSO, HOSE, LIGHTNING, TRAILER, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304116023			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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