Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 515130 - Employee drowns in turpentine when loading tank trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 515130 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 09/03/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110424421	09/07/1990	4213	0	Miller Transporters
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110417896	10/01/1990	2621	0	Mansfield'S Industrial Coatings Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a truck driver for Miller Transporters, Inc., was at the International Paper Co., in Bastrop, LA, loading a tank trailer (DOT specification MC-307, trailer #21-1965) with liquid turpentine through the top manway. Employees of the International Paper Co. had helped get the loading started, then left Employee #1 to finish the job alone. Employee #1 was found face down in the manway well with turpentine overflowing from the well and pouring onto the ground. Employee #1's head had been submerged for an undetermined amount of time. He was rushed to Morehouse General Hospital, where he died on September 5, 1990. The cause of death was suffocation and possible aspiration of turpentine.

Keywords: LOADING, TANK TRUCK, HEAD, SUFFOCATED, TANK, TRUCK DRIVER, DROWN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110424421			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	110417896					Occupation Not Listed

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