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Accident Summary Nr: 201921624 - Employee Killed In Fall Into Tank of Fuel Oil

Accident Summary Nr: 201921624 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 06/16/2000
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12361919906/19/200016290Triple S Industrial Corporation

Abstract: Three employees were in the process of installing an addition to the existing platform on Tank Number 441 when Employee #1 fell through the tank roof. The scope of the work did not require any of the employees to actually get onto the roof. However, Employee #1 fell through the roof approximately 6 ft from the rim of the tank as the work was being completed. Employee #1 fell approximately 40 ft into 8.5 ft of Number 2 fuel oil. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, PLATFORM, ASPHYXIATED, ROOF, STORAGE TANK, FALL
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Refinery Alteration or rehabilitation Under $50,000 40 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 123619199 Fatality Asphyxia Boilermakers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Erecting structural steel
Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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