Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 59233.015 - Employee is killed in oil tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 59233.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 03/12/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
963019.015	03/13/2014		213112	Tnt Oil Co.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on March 12, 2014, an employee was in process of refurbishing an empty tank to be used for crude oil storage. The employee was on top of the tank, using an acetylene torch to cut a hole in the tank lid. The tank erupted/exploded, throwing the lid and employee off. The employee was found 60 feet away from the tank. He had been killed due to sustained multiple fractures to head, neck, arms and legs and was killed.

Keywords: Acetylene, Arm, Compressed Gas, Cutting And Burning, Ejected, Explosion, Head, Leg, Neck, Struck By, Torch

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	963019.015	26	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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