Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200902575 - Employee Is Killed in Toluene Fire

Accident Summary Nr: 200902575 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 04/08/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314092982	04/08/2011	4226	493190	Colonial Terminals, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on April 8, 2011, Employee #1 was on top of the loading rack for filling tanker trucks. He opened the manhole cover on the top of the tanker and lowered the loading spout into the tanker. He was pumping toluene into the tanker when a fire and explosion occurred. Employee #1 was engulfed in the fire and died at the scene from his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, LOADING, TANK TRUCK, STATIC ELECTRICITY, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, FIRE, TOLUENE, EXPLOSION, BONDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314092982			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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