Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201092533 - Employees are burned in gas tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 201092533 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 11/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126140938	11/24/1998	7533	0	Muffler Time

Abstract: At approximately 4:35 p.m. on November 23, 1998, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were preparing to weld a crack in a gasoline fuel tank. Employee #2 normally purges the fuel tank with an inert gas, Carbon Dioxide, and runs a flame outside the tank to find the leak. On the day of the accident, Employee #2 inadvertently used oxygen to purge the tank which resulted in an explosion. Employee #1 was hospitalized with burns and Employee #2 received non-hospitalizing burns.

Keywords: BURN, FIRE, WELDER, WELDING, GAS, EXPLOSION, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126140938			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
2	126140938			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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