Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 52408.015 - Employee is burned in crude oil explosion and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 52408.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 09/04/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
939344.015	09/05/2013		213112	Cromwell Dozer & Backhoe, L.P.

Abstract: At 11:32 a.m. on September 4, 2013, an employee was attending some hoses and a pump to transfer crude oil from a metal storage tank to a portable plastic tank. The employee, plastic tank, tank dike, and metal storage tank were engulfed in flames when an explosion occurred as the plastic portable tank was three-quarters full. The employee was burned and was killed

Keywords: Burn, Crude Oil, Explosion, Fire, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	939344.015	28	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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