Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201282019 - Employee Is Killed in Fire Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 201282019 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 06/19/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307839761	06/20/2005	5093	423930	Joe Sikes Oil Service Inc.

Abstract: On June 19, 2005, Employee #1 prepared a dual tank truck to receive waste oil for delivery on June 20, 2005. Employee #1 turned the tank truck on and asked a coworker to go and check the level of waste oil in a storage tank. The storage tank had a hose connected to the tank truck for loading. Employee #1 went onto the top of the tank truck to check through the manholes the level of waste oil in the tanks of the truck. Apparently as Employee #1 opened the manhole, the tank truck exploded, and Employee #1 was thrown from the tank truck. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: TANK TRUCK, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FIRE, LUBRICATING FLUID, STORAGE TANK, EXPLOSION, SMOKE, CONCUSSION, MANHOLE, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307839761			Fatality	Concussion	Truck drivers, heavy

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