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Accident: 201311594 - Two Employees Die When Residual Vapors Erupt In Flames

**Accident: 201311594 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 01/10/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
308293919	01/10/2006	5172	Allied Oil Llc

At approximately 3:21 p.m. on January 10, 2006, Employees #1 and #2 were working for a petroleum products wholesaler. They were removing some broken stud bolts from around the rear valve opening of an asphalt tanker trailer. They were heating the studs with an acetylene gas torch. Residual diesel fuel vapors in the tanker trailer suddenly erupted in a flash fire that engulfed the two workers, burning them. They were killed.

Keywords: burn, tank truck, maintenance, acetylene torch, fire, cardiac arrest, fuel oil, bolt, fuel truck, asphalt

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	308293919			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	308293919			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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